Measure

Windowpane test

You might say: gluten window, membrane test

Stretching a small piece of dough into a thin sheet to check gluten development.

What it does

Shows how strong, elastic and developed the dough is.

Ask

Does the dough stretch into a thin, translucent sheet?

What to look for

1. A thin, translucent membrane
2. Ragged tears when the gluten is under-developed

Sources

1. Jeffrey Hamelman, Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes, ch. 1, p. 9Some bakers pull off a small piece of dough and look at the “gluten window” by gently stretching the dough to the thinnest sheet possible (sometimes called the “windowpane test”).
2. King Arthur Baking, What is the windowpane test for bread dough?, What is the windowpane test for bread dough?It’s called the windowpane test, and it lets you actually see with your eyes how strong the dough is. … This may happen almost immediately, or the dough may stretch so far you can see light through it; this is called “achieving the windowpane.”

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