The American Pastry Cook

Jessup Whitehead's American Pastry Cook — the hotel pastry trade's own manual, in hundreds of numbered recipes.

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The Important Ten Minutes Kneading

At about 4 o'clock spread the dough on the table by pressing out with the knuckles till it is a thin uneven sheet Double it over on itself and press the two edges together all around first. This imprisons air in the knuckle holes in large masses. Then pound and press the dough with the fists till it has become a thin sheet again, with the inclosed air distributed in bubbles all through it. Fold over and repeat this process several times Then roll it up. It will be

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