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How Baking Works

By Paula Figoni

Published 2003

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Fruit juice fillings prepared with
  • No added starch, boiled gently 2 minutes
  • Cornstarch, boiled gently 2 minutes (control product)
  • Cornstarch, not boiled
  • Cornstarch, boiled gently 8 minutes
  • Tapioca starch flour (or arrowroot or potato), boiled gently 2 minutes
  • Tapioca quick-cooking granules, boiled gently 5 minutes
  • Instant starch (such as National Ultrasperse 2000 or Instant Clearjel), not cooked
  • Modified food starch (cook-up, such as National Frigex HV, Clearjel, or ColFlo 67), boiled gently 2 minutes (or according to manufacturer’s recommendation)
  • Other, if desired (tapioca quick-cooking granules at 25 percent higher level [1 ounce/28 grams], tapioca pearls, rice starch, bread flour)