Yeast leavened laminated salty baked goods: Flour and dough properties and their relationship with product technological quality

Abstract

The effect of protein composition and content on the characteristics and properties of laminated baked products has been studied for a long time. However, there are no flour quality parameters related to its suitability to produce yeast-leavened laminated salty baked products. The relationships among flour characteristics, laminated dough pieces and baked products were studied in order to establish flour quality parameters and help predict the quality of the products. Yeast-leavened salty laminated products made with hard wheat flour had better quality properties than products elaborated with soft wheat flour. Hydrophilic components and a high gluten network quality are responsible for the generation of a rigid structure and viscous dough. Consequently, during baking, the dough rises rather than extends laterally and does not experience any change in the expected shape. Among the analyzed flour characteristics, glutenin macropolymer content, lactic acid and sodium carbonate solvent retention capacities and dough viscosity and resistance to deformation were the variables which influenced the most in the quality of yeast-leavened salty laminated products.