High Protein Bread What is High Protein Bread? High protein bread has been formulated and processed to comply with food labeling requirements for the nutrient content claims of:1,2 “High in protein” “Rich in protein” “Excellent source of protein” This claim requires that the finished product contains at least 20% protein per reference [...]
So here’s the thing with dry ingredients: they absorb the wet ones. It’s kind of the point of mixing dough. Yet as with most aspects of baking, and life for that matter, there’s SO much more complexity involved. The amount of water absorption hinges on what ingredients you’re mixing, and the desired amount will be different based [...]
Water Also Known as H2O What is Water? Water is a basic component of living matter and is essential to cooking and baking processes. In baking, it helps with hydration of gluten and starch molecules and dissolving salts, baking powder, sugar and others. At room temperature, it is an odorless, colorless, tasteless [...]
Straight Dough Also known as no time dough or rapid dough processing What is Straight Dough? Straight dough is a breadmaking system or method in which all ingredients (dry and liquid) are placed in the mixer and the dough is then mixed to full development. Unlike the sponge and dough system, where [...]
Autolyse What is autolyse? Autolyse is a process in which a portion of (or total) water and flour in a bread formula are pre-blended and set to rest for a period of time. This resting period gives the dough special processing characteristics and improves the overall quality of the baked goods. [...]
