Makeup Techniques

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Professional Baking
Professional Baking

By Wayne Gisslen

Published 2008

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Just as for lean doughs, the object of rich dough makeup is to shape the dough into items that bake properly and have an attractive appearance. Most of the guidelines for making up lean yeast breads also hold true for rich doughs. In particular, review the use of dusting flour.

While lean doughs usually can be handled vigorously, rich doughs require more care. In particular, temperature control is important when handling rolled-in doughs so the butter is neither too hard nor too soft and so the dough does not become overproofed while you are making it up. Study the procedures for these doughs carefully.