philanna27 Feb 20, 2012 08:58 PM
Window pane
Hello, I am new to this wonderful site. Please tell me what "window pane stage" means. Thanks for any info.
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chowser
Feb 21, 2012 04:54 AM
A picture is worth a thousand words. From what ipse has said, it should look like this:
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ipsedixit
Feb 20, 2012 09:04 PM
It's a way to determine gluten development/formation in your dough.
Gluten development is tested with the “windowpane test.” Pinch off about two tablespoons of dough and try to stretch it into a thin membrane (windowpane).
If you can do so without tearing, but the membrane is mostly opaque, you have barely developed gluten.
If you can stretch a paper-thin, very translucent windowpane, the gluten is fully developed.
A medium level is in between these two extremes: the windowpane is translucent with some opaque areas.
