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Introducing a sheeter has ruined our croissants

DesertBaker8's picture
DesertBaker8

Introducing a sheeter has ruined our croissants

Hey folks. I am a bakery owner operator and we sell wholesale. One of our clients wanted croissants and we spent a lot of time nailing down our croissant recipe. However, hand rolling and folding proved to be too exhausting and time consuming, so we procured a sheeter.

Now my croissants are baking awfully. The exteriors are rough, they’re losing shape during baking, and the inside is not rising as well as the exterior layers, leaving a distinct roll of dense dough in the middle of an otherwise healthy honeycomb structure.

The only change has been the sheeter, the recipe has otherwise stayed the same. 

Do I need a different approach now that the sheeter is in play?

Rock's picture
Rock

Could the sheeting process be too aggressive? 

When you're rolling by hand things are pretty gentle with no heat build up that can soften the butter and affect the layering.

Dave