What does 'Autolize' mean?
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Here's a breadmaking quote:
" One of the most important techniques that we employ at the bakery (even though we have a machine mixer that could mix 300 lbs. of dough for 30 minutes if we wanted it to), is called an autolyse. This is the French term for giving the dough a rest. It is the way bakers did things before the days of mixers and it actually yields better results than an extended kneading period does. To do a proper autolyse, mix up a dough with all the flour your recipe calls for and just 90% of the total water amount called for. Leave out the salt, leavening agent, and 10% of the water. Incorporate this just enough so that there are no more dry clumps of flour (it will still be shaggy and not particularly stretchy). Cover this with a bowl and let it sit for 20 min. When you come back to the dough after the autolyse, you will find that in this short time, the water has absorbed into the flour and the dough is much more pliable than it first was... and you didn't even sweat to make that happen! Now you are set up for employing the next two tips. "
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"Autolyse is a period of rest allowed for dough to relax. After the initial mixing of flour and water, the dough is allowed to sit. This rest period allows for better absorption of water and allows the gluten and starches to align. Breads made with autolysed dough are easier to form into shapes and have more volume and improved structure. (From Wikepedia)"
Taken directly from the site, the above quotation is a simple explanation of the process and the reason for doing it. My mother never baked much bread, but she did make doughnuts, or fauschnauts to be more accurate, since we are Pennsylvania Dutch. She always followed my great-grandmother's recipe and was "autolizying" all along, but didn't even know it.
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