This is my first time posting a tip for Kitchen Tip Tuesdays at Tammy’s recipes.
My kitchen tip is using dough enhancer in recipes that call for whole wheat flour. I have been baking bread for quite a few years but had not used dough enhancer until recently. My sister was telling me about the dough enhancer she had tried and how she thought it made a difference.
Well, after hearing her talk about it I had to try it. I have tried it in several recipes and I love it. It really does make Whole Wheat recipes better. They have better texture and are much lighter. Overall, it really makes it better. I know that it does raise the cost of making my own bread but I feel the results are well worth it.
I have tried to make whole wheat pizza crust before. It was not my husbands favorite. He likes his pizza crust thick and fluffy, more like a deep dish. The whole wheat just changed the texture too much for him. He liked my regular kind better. I recently tried whole wheat pizza crust with the dough enhancer and he really liked it. It was much lighter then when I had tried it before. He said to make it with whole wheat again. So I know it must have made a difference.
I have tried it in bread, pizza, rolls, and even cookies. I have really liked the results I have gotten with it. I am planning on trying it in a lot of other recipes.
Has anyone else tried dough enhancer? What have your results been?
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Great tip! I haven’t tried enhancer before. Might have to give it a try! Where do you find it at the grocery store?
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The dough enhancer may be hard to find depending on where you live. My sister lives on the West Coast and found it at her health food store. I looked at the health food stores near me and they did not carry it. One said that they used to but no longer did. I ended up ordering some online from pleasanthillgrain.com. The problem with ordering it is the shipping is a lot from the websites I found. But now that I know I like it and I let a friend try some of mine we will be ordering together and just order several containers of it. I would try to look at your health food type stores. I hope you find some. I also found some recipes online to make your own but I thought that by the time I bought all the stuff it would not be much more to order it. I may figure it out though and see.
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What is dough enhancer? I make my own bread too but my family doesn’t like wheat. I just want more nurtion in it. I was thinking of sub some cups of white flour with wheat. But I figured it has to be better then store bought bread w/all the extra chemicals add.
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Dough enhancer is a product made of whey, sea salt, soy powder, and several other things. You add a tablespoon or less to recipes that contain whole wheat. I hope that answers your question. If not let me know. As far as using whole wheat in recipes. I have found the best success at just taking recipes I like and using some whole wheat in place of the reg. all purpose. I started small getting my family used to it. In other words if a recipe calls for 4 cups of flour replace 1 cup or less with whole wheat. As we have gotten used to it I have gradually added more whole wheat to things. If you start out with 100% or even 50% you might get more complaints. Try using 25% or less at first. You do not have to have a recipe that calls for whole wheat to use whole wheat. Thanks for stopping by.
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Dough enhancer is basically powdered whey, so most people should be able to find it at a health food store or even a pharmacy.
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