Formulas & Techniques
Hearts afire
These heart-shaped brownies make a great alternative to cupcakes and cookies for grab-an-go Valentine’s Day treats....
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Q: Are mechanical spring scales or digital/electronic scales more consistant and reliable in a bakery?P.L., Petersburg, Va. A: If you want to run the...
Cornbread-walnut muffins
INGREDIENTS LBS.OZS.METHOD Cornmeal12Whisk together; set aside. Pastry flour14 Walnuts, finely chopped, toasted1 Sugar9 Low sodium baking powder1.5 Kosher...
Teff apple pie
DOUGH INGREDIENTSLBS.OZS.METRICBAKER'S % Pastry flour13.4380 g50.00 Teff flour13.4380 g50.00 Sugar1.338 g5.00 Salt0.515 g2.00 Butter12.8533 g70.00 Cold...
Bakery Formula Exchange: Cranberry bars
INGREDIENTS LBS. OZS. METHOD BAR Vanilla wafer crumbs 2 4 Mix together. Hershey's Cocoa8 Sugar6 Cold butter, cubed 1 6 Add butter, mix until crumbly....
The Oscar for best cake goes to...
With the Oscar hosts recently announced, Hollywood's attention is turning to the awards season, especially the Academy Awards. While your bakery may not...
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Q: We have used both brown and white eggs in our bakery. Is there a difference in the eggs beyond shell color?Gonzalo, via e-mail A: Beyond the color,...
Bread with a bite
The word cereal in Latin-based languages was taken from Ceres, the Roman goddess of grain and agriculture. The world's diet has centered around cereal-based...
Workbench
Q: How much weight is lost due to evaporation during the baking process?M.B., Rosemead, Calif. A: The degree of weight loss depends on several factors:...
Workbench
Q: We melt chocolate over a bain marie, however, sometimes the chocolate gets hard and becomes unusable. What are we doing wrong?Martin, via e-mail A:...
Formula exchange: Walnut breakfast cookies
INGREDIENTS LBS. OZS. METHOD Butter, light, unsalted18Cream. Applsesauce4 Brown sugar 3 Pineapple, crushed (in juice) 2 13Add to creamed mixture, mix...
The Workbench
Q: We offer several baked savory items that use a lot of onions. How can we cut onions without weeping?Bernard, via e-mail A: When an onion is pierced,...
Mint chocolate brownie
INGREDIENTS LBS. OZS. METHOD BROWNIE Flour 1 4 Combine and mix until smooth. Sugar 2 Butter or margarine, softened 1 Eggs, whole 1 12 Hershey's chocolate...
Almond caramel tart
INGREDIENTS LBS. OZS. BAKER'S % TART DOUGH Almonds, whole, toasted 12 36.4 Sugar 7.5 31.8 Unsalted butter 1 8 72.7 Almond paste, 1-in. cubes 12 36.4 Pastry...
Rheinish brot: rye bread for all palates
An entertaining passage in the book, Six Thousand Years of Bread by H. E. Jacobs, cites the polarizing dogma between wheat bread lovers and rye bread...
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