You just need to measure in the minors, throw them in with the flour, water and yeast into the mixer, step back, and out comes a perfect dough. Uhh, yeah right. As I’m sure you know from experience, a lot of thought and precision needs to go into dough mixing. The concept is simple enough: Flour + [...]
Soft Pretzels What are Soft Pretzels? Soft pretzels are bakery products that are characterized by their unique texture resembling a chewy bread. They are different from the snack-type pretzels (hard texture) given their much higher moisture content, larger size and dough processing conditions.1 Origin Legend has it that pretzels [...]
Variety Breads What are Variety Breads? Variety breads are yeast-leavened bakery products that are made from a cereal flour (e.g. wholegrain, clear or refined) or a combination of cereal flours. They are usually baked in a pan to obtain a loaf-type shape. Types of variety bread include: Whole wheat bread Wheat bread [...]
Frozen Dough Also known as freezing What is Frozen Dough? Frozen dough is regular dough pieces which have undergone freezing and frozen storage prior to proofing and baking steps. It is one of the fastest growing segments in the baking industry. This trend is driven by consumers' appetite for convenience and ability [...]
Croissant What is a Croissant? A croissant is a laminated, yeast-leavened bakery product that contains dough/roll-in fat layers to create a flaky, crispy texture. Croissants belong to the Viennoiserie or pastry category of baked goods along with brioche, Danish and puff pastries. A croissant usually contains normal levels of salt, yeast and [...]
Do you beat the heck out of your dough during mixing and make it as warm as possible? If so, I’d like to introduce you to a new form of cool mixing from Rapidojet. Here, we learn about Dr. Bernard Noll’s startup story for Rapidojet: continuous hydration mixing technology. From Minimal Viable Product (MVP) that didn’t sell well, [...]
Xylanase Also known as hemicellulases, arabinoxylanase or fiber-degrading enzymes What is Xylanase? Xylanase is one type of hydrolytic enzymes which targets arabinoxylan fibers naturally present in cereal flours, both refined and whole grain. It has been heavily used in the breadmaking industry over the last few decades. Especially, in the production of [...]
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 [...]
Comparison of Dough Systems How do you compare dough systems? Comparing dough systems allows bakers to identify and analyze different aspects of systems. This information helps in identifying the best production process for commercial breadmaking operations. Important aspects that plant managers need to consider are: Plant economics Production flexibility Dough system Batch [...]
