Biscuit and bakery products

Hello, guys am currently working on a biscuit recipe which I have progressed very well on the recipe except that the biscuit is still tough and I don't get to…

  1. Food R&D Emeritus reply

    @Mrambakilavo Guessing about it from scant information provided won't help solve your problem. Show us the formulation and process how you made it including relevants parameters..…

  2. Mramba Kilavo Morea reply

    okay my recipe has wheat Flour 261.5g Shortening 85g salt 2.5g sugar 80g Water 65g

  3. Food R&D Emeritus reply

    @Mrambakilavo You are not using any sort Chemical leavening like ammonium bicarbonate sodium bicarbonate or baking powder. Then if you just mix it up all ingredients without care…

  4. Michael Bryanton reply

    What is your blending process? It looks to me like your hydration may be a bit low. Try increasing your water, make sure it is ice cold, and only mix until blended to avoid too mu…

  5. Lina reply

    Use baking powder and/or yeast extract in the recipe . The first one evaporates during cooking the second one gives volume to the cookie

  6. Mramba Kilavo Morea reply

    Thanks to you all, am currently not using any leavening agent and i was just doing trials in which i am just mixing it with a bare hands.

  7. Food R&D Emeritus reply

    @Mrambakilavo . Your recipe is crude..... What's really your goal; a biscuit or a cookie . Are you making it for personal consumption or developing it for some business purpose.,?…

  8. Mramba Kilavo Morea reply

    Yes, I am actually doing development for business purposes, I have a client that needs to find out what he can use in his biscuit so that it can have those porous spaces. am actua…