Hi all. Just a little tip for when your bread dough feels more wet and difficult to shape than usual. Use a loaf tin!
Yesterday I baked a wholemeal loaf, and for some reason it was wetter than normal. I might have mis-measured the water or something. No matter, when it came time to shape the dough I simply used a little flour to get it as controllable as I could, and shaoed it the best I could, then put it into a loaf pan.
I let it cold proof in the fridge as normal, and when it was the right volume I baked it like I always do, using two tins. It came out perfect.
Bread tins are an excellent way to deal with difficult to handle doughs!