What is a scraper?

The bench scraper, also sometimes called a dough scraper, is a tool used by bakers to collect sticky bread doughs, scrape the dough from the shed peaks and cut and divide the dough. The bench scraper is usually made of stainless steel, although some can be made of hard, hard plastic.

Bakers should not confuse the scraps of benches with their more flexible cousins, a soft plastic scraper of the dough, which is used to get every last piece of dough from a mixing bowl. Also, it should not be confused with a bread cutter or a blender for a pastry. The mixer curom is a small tool that consists of several metal wires and is used to mix butter into flour. Bread cutters are usually small metal wheels that work similarly to pizza cutter. While the bread is moved, small pieces can stick to the counter, especially when it comes to a particularly wet dough. The scraper of the bench allows thebaker that can easily be pulled under the adhesive dough and easily removes it from the counter. BowlThis bakery fingers can also be used to handle and move wet sticky dough.

In addition to its use as a tool for preparing bread dough, it is also possible to prepare a dough or other dough dough. The metal bench scraper usually has a sharp edge that can so far the dough without damaging its gluten. Bakers often use a scraper of benches to evenly distribute the dough into roles or smaller loaves. The scraper often has a measurement marking along its edge, so the chef can be used to measure the length or width of the roll or loaf.

The chef can use a scraper of the bench to remove all sticky pieces of dough from the counter when it is completed without worrying about damage to the surface of the counter. The scraper can be used to move the dough that has been shaped and rest.d to another part of the counter or to the oven. It is also an effective tool for collecting small pieces of food at once and moving them from the work surfacechu on a pan or baking pan.

Metal scrapers are usually about 6 inches (approximately 15 cm) and about 4 inches (about 10 cm). Many of them have wooden handles, although some newer models have ergonomic, plastic handles. Some older styles have metal handles. The bench scraper is not usually very expensive and can be found in kitchen stores, department stores and online.