Biscuits come in various tastes and flavors. Everyone prefers all kinds of biscuits and all ages consume them. Biscuits and crackers come in various shapes, flavors and textures. One characteristic is common among all biscuits and that is the holes it contains. These tiny holes are usually known as Dockers, which allow steam to escape during the baking process which prevents it from rising and minimizes air bubbles. Those holes serve a real purpose and here we try to know why they contain small holes in them.
** Flour, sugar, and salt are rolled out in sheets and these sheets are placed in a machine that ends up putting the hole in the dough.
** Without those holes baking becomes difficult. These holes are docking holes and as dough contains air bubbles that expand after being heated in the oven.
** Hole positioning in this process is very important and should be at an equal distance. This will not allow biscuits to be extra hard or soft.
** The Right number of holes will result in a flat, crunchy and crispy, that can be enjoyed by each one.
** Normally holes are created in the biscuits to allow heat to escape.
** Scientifically if holes were not created, heat will not escape and temperature wouldn’t be stable in the biscuits and that may cause crack formation resulting in breaking of biscuits.
These were a few reasons why biscuits have holes in them. It helps biscuits to be very crunchy and tasty. These types of biscuits having holes are normally preferred by all people.