Baking with Protein Powder?

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  Nov 22, 2010 7:08 PM GMT

  Hey!
  There's a cookie thread out there, and I was wondering...
  
  Have any of you ever mixed protein powder into something baked? (Cookies, sponge cake...). I'm trying to figure out what happens to protein powder when heated in an oven... Does it keep it's properties?
  I'm not sure it does... protein in the flour becomes sugar when baked, right? Or am I mistaken?
  
  Any chemistry majors around here?

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  Nov 22, 2010 9:07 PM GMT

  Protein should retain its properties after being baked. It does not convert to sugar under any circumstances so I would give it a try. However, you cannot use it as a flour substitute. You probably would need to increase the water content a bit when adding protein I would think.

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  Nov 23, 2010 7:41 AM GMT

  bulk007 saidI'm not sure it does... protein in the flour becomes sugar when baked, right? Or am I mistaken?
  
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  Erm, when you cook a chicken breast does it turn into sugar?

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  Nov 23, 2010 7:45 AM GMT

  Lostboy said

  bulk007 saidI'm not sure it does... protein in the flour becomes sugar when baked, right? Or am I mistaken?
  
  Any chemistry majors around here?

  
  
  Erm, when you cook a chicken breast does it turn into sugar?

  
  
  Yes. duh, everyone knows that.

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  Nov 23, 2010 7:56 AM GMT

  KardioKing said

  Lostboy said

  bulk007 saidI'm not sure it does... protein in the flour becomes sugar when baked, right? Or am I mistaken?
  
  Any chemistry majors around here?

  
  
  Erm, when you cook a chicken breast does it turn into sugar?

  
  
  Yes. duh, everyone knows that.

  
  
  Mmm that´s why you like chicken breasts!

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  Nov 23, 2010 7:59 AM GMT

  in cooking; would it make sense to consider protein-powder (whey, cassein) as a milk or dairy ingredient? because thats what it is after all; a dairy product.

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  Dec 02, 2010 1:37 AM GMT

  Lostboy said

  bulk007 saidI'm not sure it does... protein in the flour becomes sugar when baked, right? Or am I mistaken?
  
  Any chemistry majors around here?

  
  
  Erm, when you cook a chicken breast does it turn into sugar?

  
  
  Lol !!!

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  Dec 02, 2010 1:39 AM GMT

  itiswhatitis saidprotein denatures at and above a certain temperature...and that temperature is generally well below your oven's.
  
  it doesn't have a negative affect on the body, just that you spent money on something that isn't going to work. it's like buying dead batteries. :/
  
  

  
  
  Almost all the protein people consume is denatured before it is eaten. You've claimed that denatured proteins are useless, but would you say that cooking renders meats/eggs useless?
  
  Even if you consume raw food (not recommended), the proteins will be denatured by your stomach acid.

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  Dec 02, 2010 1:41 AM GMT

  I've done it before while baking a cake.

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