Muffin Density

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Project Question: purpose of my experiment is to find the effect of flour type on the density of muffins.
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Muffin Density

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I'm presenting my project tomorrow, and i want to know how gluten affects the density of a muffin... I have all-purpose, wheat, soy and aot flour.. Is it the higher the protein %, the more dense or vice versa? explanation are good!! :D
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Re: Muffin Density

Post by deleted-71709 »

I'm no expert in food science, but I did a quick Google search and came up with these sites with the information you're looking for:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluten

http://www.baking911.com/howto/how_baking_works.htm

Good luck.
Ed Neu
Buffalo, MN
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