Baking Inspiration
Recipes
Explore recipes crafted with Allfresh premium soybean shortenings. From flaky pastries to delicate Danish, discover what our products can do.
Danish Pastry
Uses: All Bake Margarine • Danish Do Flake • Danish All Blend
Ingredients
- Sugar: 8–16 oz
- All Bake Margarine: 8 oz – 1 lb
- Salt: 1–2 oz
- Milk Powder: 4–6 oz
- Eggs: 4–8 oz
- Cold Water: 24–28 oz
- Yeast: 6–8 oz
- Bread or Danish Flour: 3 lbs
Method
- Mix dry ingredients — Blend sugar, salt, milk powder, and part of the flour together.
- Add wet ingredients — Incorporate eggs, cold water, yeast, and All Bake Margarine. Mix until smooth dough forms.
- Fold in shortening — Sheet out dough, place Danish Do Flake or Danish All Blend on two-thirds, and fold in thirds. Repeat rolling and folding 3 times with 20-minute rests between each turn.
- Proof — Shape pastries and proof at 85°F / 85% humidity until doubled in size.
- Bake — Bake at 375–400°F until golden brown.
Pro Tip: Retard the dough for 4–6 hours before rolling for easier handling and improved flavor development.
Puff Pastry
Uses: Puff Flake • Flake Mor
Ingredients
- Allfresh Soybean Shortening (Puff Flake): 8 oz
- Bread Flour: 3 lbs
- Cold Water: 2 lbs
- Salt: 1.5 oz
- Milk Powder: 2 oz
- Sugar (optional): 2 oz
- Yeast (optional): 2 oz
Method
- Prepare the dough — Combine flour, salt, milk powder, and optional sugar. Add cold water and mix until a smooth dough forms. Rest for 20 minutes.
- Incorporate shortening — Sheet out the dough, place Puff Flake shortening on two-thirds. Fold in thirds to create the first turn.
- Roll and fold — Complete 4–6 turns total, resting the dough in the refrigerator for 20 minutes between each turn.
- Rest — Refrigerate the completed dough for at least 1 hour before shaping.
- Shape and bake — Roll to desired thickness, shape, and bake at 400°F (or 375°F for filled pastries) for 15–20 minutes until golden and puffed.
Why Bake with Allfresh?
Superior Texture
Our Chill-Roll process creates perfectly tempered flakes that produce exceptional layering in pastries and tender crumb in breads.
Clean Flavor
Neutral taste profile that enhances rather than masks the natural flavors of your ingredients. Perfect for both sweet and savory applications.
Consistent Results
Multi-day tempering ensures batch-to-batch consistency. Reliable performance you can count on for every bake, every time.