The Baker's Fix
What can we help you with?
Choose the baked item you'd like to perfect.
What’s the issue?
(Choose one or more issues to find your fix.)
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- Review mixing times
- Review the strength on vital wheat gluten and dough conditioners; this could be the result of excessive strength or weak product
- Review and reduce dough temperature; this may be a warm dough
- Check relative humidity at the proof box
- Review absorption on formulation, ensure it’s on the standards
- Reduce floor time
- Reduce oven temperatures
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- Reduce absorption on formulation; spots are an indication of over absorption
- Reduce yeast levels
- Check relative humidity on proof box, may be too high
- Review fermentation time
- Check and reduce floor time; this could indicate old dough
- Check dough temperature
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- Increase mix time; a typical indication of an undermixed dough
- Reduce strengthener on the formula as vital wheat gluten
- Increase absorption
- Increase humidity on the proofer; this could be dry crust
- Increase yeast level to increase height of the buns before oven
- Check baking profile; first oven zones may be too high
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- Review and reduce the absorption
- Increase the level of dough conditioners and oxidants
- Increase vital wheat gluten
- Review the percent of yeast on formulation
- Review mix time and ensure optimal dough development
- Review and reduce floor time
- Review dough temperature
- Check proof box setting and proof box time
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- Increase strength on formulation
- Review and increase mix time
- Review and increase absorption in formulation
- Check and reduce floor time
- Check proof box settings
- Review proof box time
- Review and tight more rounder guides
- Reduce the dough stress on auger pressure and paddle developer at the divider