April 29, 2015 - 12:43pm
Baking Decision Tree
A few years ago I made this very simplified version of a decision tree for baking, where basically you go down from the root to the leaves and each branch narrows down to a certain type of baked good. Has anyone seen or thought about a more complete version of this? Think of this like a phylogenetic tree, but instead of classifying living organisms, we're classifying bread! :)
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http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article/280/Analyzing-a-Baking-Recipe
This came up a few years ago and it is fascinating. This person really got into calculations! Kind of a neat idea.
Generally a very experienced baker can tell from the ratio of ingredients and how they are manipulated what the final outcome will generally look like-whether it is bread-like, cake-like or any other variation of baked goods..
Thanks! That was definitely a thought-provoking article about baking!
It's good to know the hydration and butter ratio in all sorts of baked goods!