Biscuit, Cracker and Cookie Recipes for the Food Industry

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Elsevier, Jan 29, 2001 - Technology & Engineering - 208 pages
Duncan Manley has over thirty years' experience in the biscuit industry and during this period has collected recipes and examples of best practice from the leading manufacturers of biscuit, cracker and cookie products throughout the world. In his new book Manley has put together a comprehensive collection of over 150 recipes to provide technologists, managers and product development specialists with a unique and invaluable reference book.Development activity is essential for all companies but it is potentially very expensive. This unique new book will enable research and development staff to benefit from the experiences of other manufacturers in new product development. It also provides an invaluable resource for production managers who wish to investigate improvements and cost reductions for existing lines.The book begins by investigating some of the key variables in effective recipe development. It then presents a series of recipes for hard-dough products such as crispbread and crackers, short-dough biscuits and cookies, extruded and deposited dough products. Further chapters include recipes for sponge biscuits, wafers and secondary processes such as icing and chocolate coating. A final chapter covers the important area of dietetic products, including recipes for reduced fat and sugar biscuits and products for particular groups such as diabetics and babies.Biscuit, cracker and cookie recipes for the food industry provides unparalleled access to best practice in the industry, and a wealth of ideas for product developers and production managers. It will be an essential resource. - Take advantage of over thirty years of industry experience - Compare your recipes with over 150 included in this book - improve, refine and experiment - Enhance your product development process with sample recipes from all areas of this industry including cream crackers, pretzels, sponge drop biscuits, plain biscuits, wafers and secondary processing products such as icing, jam, marshmallow and chocolate
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
1
Chapter 2 Classification of biscuits
7
Chapter 3 Dough consistency
21
Chapter 4 Baking techniques
27
Chapter 5 Recipes for hard doughs
31
Chapter 6 Recipes for short doughs
77
Chapter 7 Recipes for extruded and deposited doughs
99
Chapter 8 Recipes for sponge biscuits
123
Chapter 9 Recipes for wafers
127
Chapter 10 Recipes for secondary processes
135
Chapter 11 Recipes for dietetic biscuits
155
Glossary of ingredient terms
175
Conversion tables
181
Calculations of nutritional information
183
Index
187
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Duncan Manley is an internationally-renowned consultant to the biscuit and food industries, with over 40 years' experience. He is the author of the Biscuit, cookie and cracker manufacturing manuals and Biscuit, cracker and cookie recipes for the food industry, also published by Woodhead Publishing.

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