Why do we add butter to a bread dough?!
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Butter is a fat, and any fat acts as a shortening, which shortens the gluten strands in the dough!. Too much gluten development can make the finished product tough and too chewy!. Butter helps to keep the texture right!.
Butter also helps keep moisture in the dough!. A dough that has no butter (like italian bread) will stale much more quickly than a dough with butter!.
It also adds flavor!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Butter also helps keep moisture in the dough!. A dough that has no butter (like italian bread) will stale much more quickly than a dough with butter!.
It also adds flavor!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
there is a french recipe called brioche that has the same amount of flour as butter!. it is very rich and tender!. butter/shortening/fat makes the protein chains shorter (that's why Crisco is called shortening) and therefor more tender!. so butter enriches and makes the bread softer!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Butter improves the texture of the finished product and butter makes everything taste better!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
To make all the flour and the other ingredients come together nicely!. and it gives it a bit of taste too!Www@FoodAQ@Com
To make a butter top or butter crust type bread!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
it just makes it taste awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com
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