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Sift the flour, allowing 3 to 4 cups for each cup of liquid. Add of the flour to the liquid mixture and beat thoroughly. Add more flour to make a dough, using a knife, until when touched with the finger, the dough does not stick to the finger. A bread mixer is a time and labor saver. Turn dough onto a slightly floured board; knead by pushing the dough into the palms of the hands and drawing it forward with the fingers. Use as little flour as possible on board and hands while kneading. Continue until the dough is smooth and elastic to the touch. It takes from 15 to 20 minutes to knead with the hands and about 3 minutes in the bread mixer. Thorough kneading makes fine grained bread.