Preparation of a product
The dry ingredients (flour with various
proportions of soya bean flour, pea flour, wheat flour,
oat flakes, baking powder and salt) were weighed
accurately and thoroughly mixed in a bowl by hand
for 3 minutes. Then creaming of vegetable shortening
(palmolein) and sucralose was done in a mixer till
foaming occurred. The flour was added to the creamy
mass and mixed for 3 minutes at medium speed in
a laboratory mixer (LUMIX). The dough was then
rested for 30 minutes followed by cutting the dough
to a desired shape of uniform thickness. The dough
was placed on baking trays leaving 25 mm space in
between and baked at 175oC for 25 minutes in the
baking oven. Following baking, the cookies were
cooled to ambient temperature, packed in low density polyethylene bags and kept in airtight containers
prior to subsequent analysis (nutritional analysis,
microbial analysis and stability studies) and sensory
evaluation.