April 13, 2009 - 5:45pm

Rookie Question: Forgot to warm the sponge...
Hi all:
I am trying the recipe from Lesson 3. I made the sponge yesterday and it had been in the fridge for 18 hours or so. When I brought it out, I divided it into a dozen pieces and added to the dry ingredients. As I was trying to form my dough, it seemed like I had to add almost another half a cup of flour to the mix. The dough was still pretty stick but I was afraid to add more flour. What do you think might be going? Do you think it could be because I forgot to let my sponge rest for an hour outside before I added to my dry mix?
Most importantly, can this project still be saved?
Thanks in advance.
Ozgur