The Science Behind Bread

The Science of Bread

Understanding why bread is increadibly complicated to make on your first try. Maybe it's you or it's the science of it all! Discover what you can make with the simplest ingredients and understand what they can do for you! There are so many types of bread to explore and discover. Wait, until you see the living things the make up your bread. From the flour, sugar, salt, and spices... There's so many things you can do!

When flour and water are mixed together the glutenin and gliadin become gluten. Gluten is a tightly wound mess of protein strands but when it is kneaded these strands unravel, stretch and rearrange themselves into a strong structured network of protein strands called dough. This network is both elastic and plastic meaning it will change shape easily but will always try to move back to its original shape when left alone.