Innovative Ingredients: Banana Flour
Bananas have always been a great source of energy. Politicians and sports personalities alike seem to have a propensity for demonstrating their peeling techniques and […]
Baking
Oats And Beta-Glucan: Ideal For Bars
Why are oats and beta-glucan such ideal ingredients? When it comes to product development especially in snack bars, barley, oats and beta-glucan make ideal ingredients. […]
Quinoa – A New ‘Ancient’ Food
The Incas, many moons ago ate quinoa as a staple – the ‘mother grain’ as they referred to it because it grew extremely well in […]
Improving Muffins
Muffins, by definition are small domes spongy cakes or bread made with egg and usually eaten at breakfast. They are certainly not cupcakes! The name […]
Sachima (Sa-Chi-Ma)
Sachima or Shaqima is a Chinese pastry found throughout the country. As in keeping with all pastry products there are many regional variations although it […]
Semi-Sweet Biscuits
One of the staples of the grocery list is the biscuit and possibly rivalling cookies would be hard, semi-sweet or sweet biscuits. The emphasis however […]
Reducing Agents In Baking
Baking is now one of the most popular pastimes and attracts great attention – it is justifiably a culinary skill. Baked goods such as bread, […]
How to Make a General Purpose Cream Filling For Cookies and Biscuits
Here’s a recipe for a basic commercial cream filling that can be used for biscuits: Ingredients: 1 cup powdered sugar 1/4 cup vegetable shortening 1/4 […]
How to Make an Oreo Cakester
Oreo cakesters are extremely popular packaged snacking cakes produced by Nabisco. They are based on the popular Oreo biscuit except the biscuit base is replaced […]