Acid-Hydrolyzed Starch Tailings Effects on Cookie Spread

A starch tailings fraction was isolated from wheat flour and hydrolyzed for various lengths of time with dilute sulfuric acid. Differential scanning calorimetry showed that the hydrolyzed starch tailings were almost as effective as sugars in raising the onset temperature for gelatinization of starch. A sample hydrolyzed 2 hr increased the onset temperature by the same extent as an equal weight of sucrose. When sucrose in cookies was completely replaced by hydrolyzed starch tailing fractions, the spread of the cookies depended on the molecular size of the polysaccharides in the fraction added. Cookies containing a sample hydrolyzed for 0.5 hr had the least spread, whereas those containing starch tailings hydrolyzed for 2 hr spread the most.