December 2, 2012 - 11:50am

Big Bake, Need Advice
I'm planning to do a lot of loaves sometime in the next few weeks. I'm shooting for somewhere in the region of 30-40 lbs of dough total. I want to end up with a bunch of loaves I can give out to friends for christmas gifts, AND I thought it would be fun (for me, at least) to see what it's like to bake that much at a time.
I've got most everything figured out, but one thing I can't see in my head is how to knead this much dough. I have some counter space (maybe 2' x 3.5'), and a very large kitchen table which has very large cracks between the boards (1/4"+ in some places). Any ideas?
Any general advice on making this many loaves at once is also greatly appreciated.
