rounder

baking device

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dough rounder The movement of dough through a dough rounder.

In baking, a rounder is a piece of equipment used in the manufacturing of bread. After dough has been divided into portions, it goes through the rounder. This machine dries the dough's surface, reorients its gluten structure, and shapes it into a ball. This process helps prepare the dough for subsequent steps in bread making by creating a smooth exterior that inhibits gas diffusion and makes the dough easier to handle. The rounder achieves this by rolling the floured dough piece along a drum or cone surface, which also dries the surface and collapses surface gas cells.1

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The rounder closes these cut surfaces, giving each dough piece a smooth and dry exterior; forms a relatively thick and continuous skin around the dough piece, reorienting the gluten structure; and shapes the dough into a ball for easier handling in subsequent steps. It performs these…
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The rounder closes these cut surfaces, giving each dough piece a smooth and dry exterior; forms a relatively thick and continuous skin around the dough piece, reorienting the gluten structure; and shapes the dough into a ball for easier handling in subsequent steps. It performs these…
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