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I started making the dough for this recipe this morning and kneaded it for around 12-15 minutes. I thought it would get less sticky and more resistant by the time I did my second stretch and fold but I'm on my third and it's entirely too sticky. Is there anything I can do to fix this or should I just throw it out? I tried a new recipe last week also and it was also too sticky, I ended up having to throw it out after the cold proof because it just wasn't holding its shape at all.

Edit: here's the ingredient list

- 190g starter
- 780g room temperature water
- 200g pumpkin puree
- 1160g bread flour
- 4 tsp fine artisan sea salt
- 2 tbsp cinnamon
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp pumpkin spice

(the sugar, cinnamon, and pumpkin spice are added when shaping the dough)

Also, for some more info, I'm a new baker. This is my 5th or 6th loaf since starting this sourdough starter about 3 months ago.

I got a sourdough starter about a month and a half ago and just made my first loaf! It tastes wonderful and I can't wait to try it with butter and other foods. I will ask, though: the crust is pretty hard and while I love my bread like this, should I have put a pan of water underneath while it was cooking? Or do you not do that for sourdough?

Also, here's the recipe I used (and also where I got my starter from): Sourdough Recipe