lupin progress

i have been playing with Lupin Flour and Lupin Flakes recently and here is my latest bake  i call this one Flakes and Dates. I have been able to get the Lupin content up to 25% which is pretty good i have even managed 30% recently.    I started adding Lupin flakes to the flour  at a 20% and 5% ratio and was happier with the results. Anyway i suddenly thought why stick to that ratio and have tried an even split 12.5 / 12.5% and also decided to try a fruit dough to boot. 

First shot at this is the "Flakes and Dates" i didn't make it overly sweet using my home produced Honey @ 10%  and Butter @ 5% i did add an egg  but  made that part of the liquid. i have found it easier these days to crack and egg into the water container and then weight the water and egg as one and it was 55% i did   however use more water in my initial wetting of the Lupin flour and flakes  as stated the lupin content was 25% and an equal amount of boiling water was pour onto this and stirred it was quickly taken up and resembled bread crumbs this was allowed to cool before being used. salt was 1% and bread Improver was used at 1%  dried yeast was 2%.  Dates were chopped and in @25%

The dough does mix quite sticky and i did allow fort he Dates to draw some of that moisture. the dough does tend to get less sticky anyway. This dough with Bread Improver was treated as an Instant dough (no bulk fermentation) although it was allowed 30 minutes rest and recovery after mixing and a further 10 minutes after handing up it was then shaped and placed into some small baking pans which i like to do test bakes in so that i can distribute for evaluation. the proof was fairly quick and loaves were baked at 210C with steam for the first 10 minutes  and then turned down to 190C  for another 10 - 15 minutes. the finished texture was soft and  delicious Dates are great in bread and probably the cheapest dried fruit in the stores here. 

 the dough pieces were weighed off at 250 grams for the small tins

  the tins were smeared with butter   and dough pieces placed in

 you can see the good lift achieved , one was sugar syrup washed the other not

 with

  without

 The larger  Bakers keeper loaf

A cut shot showing the lupin flakes  and the dates, my wife wants more dates