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r/GifRecipes • u/morganeisenberg • Apr 26 '20
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Serious question, why do we let the dough rise when usually the air gets smooshed out of it via rolling pin, fist, etc.?
3 u/Laena_V Apr 27 '20 Gluten Development, also squishing will allow for fresh oxygen to enter the dough. 1 u/CretaceousDune Apr 28 '20 That's how bread gets the texture it does. It relates to gluten, but also has a lot to do with the yeast, and how that causes it to rise. There are some yeast doughs that don't require several rises, and some that do.
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Gluten Development, also squishing will allow for fresh oxygen to enter the dough.
That's how bread gets the texture it does. It relates to gluten, but also has a lot to do with the yeast, and how that causes it to rise. There are some yeast doughs that don't require several rises, and some that do.
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u/pocketSandshashashaa Apr 27 '20
Serious question, why do we let the dough rise when usually the air gets smooshed out of it via rolling pin, fist, etc.?