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My grandma's 1970s bread recipe needed a reset button

She always told me to add flour until it feels right, but after three bricks this year I finally asked her for exact measurements at her kitchen table in Ohio. She laughed and admitted the recipe card originally said 4 cups but she'd been guessing since the 80s because her handwriting faded. Anyone else inherit vague family recipes that turned out to be more like a suggestion than instructions?
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the_hugo
the_hugo1mo ago
Every flour brand soaks up water different, so her guessing actually made sense for fifty years.
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