The width of the cookies decreased and thickness increased as the levels of barley flour in the blends increased as a result the spread factor of the cookies decreased by upto 31.0% when wheat flour was completely replaced by barley flour (Table 1).
Gujral, Mehta, Samra, and Goyal (2003) and Sudha, Vetrimani, and Leelavathi (2007)reported a similar decrease in spread factor upon incorporation of barley, rice and wheat bran to wheat flour.