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My Cooking Journey (As a Terrible Cook) (Part 3)

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This flour is never going to leave the grooves I only had tin foil to cover the dough After letting the dough sit for 20 minutes, take it out of the bowl and start kneading it once again on the countertop with some flour. I usually knead it until most of the air pockets and holes are covered and fully mixed together. The left picture shows the dough after just took it out of the mixing bowl (of course I forgot to take a picture after I kneaded it). Now comes the fun part; cutting the dough into little balls. First, I cut the dough in half. With each half, I either roll or shape the dough into a long, cylindrical-like shape. From there, I mark where I want to cut the cylinder into 5 equal sections. If you have a dough cutter , that works the best. However, I used a pizza cutter, which works about the same. A butterknife would work good too if nothing else. Below are some pictures of the process I explained.  Cutting the dough into halves Creating the cylinder shape Cutting the cyli...