Texas Roadhouse Bake Quality Standards

Vocabulary flashcards covering the quality, color, texture, taste, dimensions, and baking specifications for Texas Roadhouse bake items.

Garlic Butter

Slightly orange in color with visible fresh parsley, light, fluffy, and creamy texture with minced garlic, and good garlic flavor followed by a hint of lemon; melted and held at room temperature.

What should the Garlic Butter look like?

Slightly orange with visible parsley flecks, light and fluffy

What is the texture of the Garlic Butter?

Creamy texture with minced garlic

What is the flavor of the Garlic Butter?

Good garlic flavor followed by a hint of lemon

How is the Garlic Butter used?

Melted and held at room temperature

Honey Cinnamon Butter

Tan in color with visible specs of cinnamon, light and fluffy with a creamy light texture, featuring honey and cinnamon flavor with no butter chunks.

What should the Honey Cinnamon Butter look like?

Tan in color with visible specs of cinnamon, light and fluffy

What should the texture be for the Honey Cinnamon Butter?

Light and fluffy with creamy light texture HCB

What should the Honey Cinnamon Butter taste like?

Featuring honey and cinnamon flavor with no butter chunks

What can you not have in the Honey Cinnamon Butter?

Butter chunks HCB

Lemon-Pepper Butter (QI’s)

Off-white with visible pepper and parsley flakes, light and fluffy with a creamy light texture, good lemon flavor followed by pepper; melted and held at room temperature.

What should the Lemon Pepper Butter look like?

Off white with visible pepper and parsley flakes

What should the texture be for the Lemon Pepper Butter?

Light and fluffy with a creamy light texture LPB

What is the flavor of the Lemon Pepper Butter?

Good lemon flavor followed by pepper

How is the Lemon Pepper Butter used?

Melted and held at room temperature LPB

Whipped Butter

Off-white color, light and fluffy with a creamy light texture, fresh butter flavor, and no butter chunks.

What should the Whipped Butter look like?

Off white color

What should the texture be of the Whipped Butter?

Light and fluffy with a creamy light texture WB

What flavor should the Whipped Butter have?

Fresh butter flavor

What should not be in the Whipped Butter?

Butter chunks WB

Burger Bun

Dark golden color with no blemishes, moist & soft interior with a light outer crust, rich buttery flavor with a hint of sweetness

What should a Burger Bun look like?

Dark golden bun with no blemishes

What should the texture of the Burger Bun be?

Moist and soft interior with a light outer crust

What should the flavor be of a Burger Bun?

Rich buttery flavor with a hint of sweetness

Measurements for the Burger Bun

4 ¼ inch diameter and 1 ¾ - 2 inch height.

Home-Style Croutons

Golden brown, toasted and buttery with good cheese, Oregano and Basil flavor, well coated with no bare spots, and a targeted size of 1’’ x 1’’ x ½ ‘‘

What should a crouton look like?

Golden brown, toasted and buttery with good cheese

What is the flavor of the croutons?

Oregano and Basil flavor

How should the butter be applied to the croutons?

Well coated with no bare spots

What size should the croutons be?

A size of 1’’ x 1’’ x ½ ‘‘

Chocolate Brownies

Dense, wet moist consistency with a strong chocolate flavor, average weight of $7\text{ oz}$, not broken, and stored individually wrapped or in a portion bag.

Bread Specifications

Lined basket setup with $4$ pieces ($3'' \times 3''$), rolled to $1''$ height, cut to $2'' \times 2'' \times 1''$, proofed 2 ½ ‘‘ x 2 ½ ‘‘ x 1 ¾ ‘‘, baked to $3'' \times 3'' \times 2''$, and weighing $1.75\text{ oz} - 2.0\text{ oz}$.

Bread Baking Standards

Bake at $350^\text{o}\text{F}$ for $4\text{--}6\text{ Min}$, rotate & bake for an additional $4\text{--}6\text{ Min}$, immediately brush finished bread with melted margarine, hold $5\text{ minutes}$ or less under heat lamps, and serve at $150^\text{o}\text{F}$.

What ingredients are in the lemon pepper butter?

Butter, lemon juice, fresh parsley, pepper, salt

How much does one Butter recipe yield?

12 pounds

How long does the butter have to soften for before use?

1 hour

Why is it important to allow butter time to soften before whipping in large mixer?

Difficult to whip and will damage mixer

Why is it important not to prepare more than 30 pounds of butter in the large mixer at one time?

Whipping too much butter will damage machine, inconsistency

What is the shelf life of Butter?

5 Days

What ingredients are in the Garlic Butter?

Butter, Lemon Juice, Parsley, Pepper, Salt, Garlic, Paprika

Why is it important to use fresh made Lemon Pepper Butter to prepare a 1/2x of Garlic Butter?

Fresh made Lemon Pepper Butter ensures Legendary quality and full shelf life

Why is it important to prepare a 1/2x of Garlic Butter by hand in a mixing bowl?

Not enough to justify using a large mixer

How much does a 1x of bread make?

448 pieces / 28 trays

Why is it important for the water to be exactly 100 degrees?

Ideal temperature. Anything higher will accelerate proofing causing enlarged cell structure. Anything lower will slow the process.

Why are temperature and humidity critical to the proofing of bread?

The correct temperature activates the yeast. The humidity keeps the bread moist during proofing. Dry heat will dry out rolls.

Which is more important, the proofing time or that the dough has doubled in size?

Size

Can you make ½ a recipe of bread?

Yes, promotes fresh bread and less waste

Why is it important to use a spatula instead of a whisk when mixing water with yeast and sugar?

Yeast activates bubbles, whisks also make bubbles and can falsify the yeast activating.

What ingredients are in the bread? (1x)

1 cup sugar, 6 oz red label yeast, 2 gallons 100 degree water, bread mix, ¼ cup flour

Why is it important NOT to use too much flour on the bread cutting table?

Will dry out dough

Why is the 2× 2× 1 cut size important?

Consistency

What happens when the bread is over proofed?

It gets too big for the cell structure and the dough collapses

Why is the pan coating spray recommended for trays instead of margarine?

Better quality bread and cleans easier

What is the Proofed Bread Supposed to look like? (Full QI)

Off white in color, free of excess flour, not dried out, good spring when touched, cut in proper size, tray sprayed

What should the Proofed Bread look like?

Off white dough color, free of excess flour

What should the texture be of the Proofed Bread?

Not dried out, good spring when touched

What shape should the Proofed Bread be?

Square

How should the bread pans be prepped?

Tray lightly brushed with pan spray

Why is it important to bake fresh bread at the center of the oven and rotate the trays halfway through cooking?

Consistent baking and color

Why is it important to immediately brush baked bread with melted margarine once removed from the oven?

Moisture, the bread will harden if not

How is Fresh Baked Bread supposed to be? (Full QI)

Golden outer crust, light, moist center, square in shape with a rounded dome top. Good spring when touched, sweet flavor, brushed with margarine

What is the shelf life of Fresh Baked Bread?

5 minutes

What is the holding temp for Fresh Baked Bread?

150 degrees

What shape should the Fresh Baked Bread be?

Square in shape with a rounded dome top

How much should a Fresh Baked Bread Roll weigh?

2 oz

What are the ingredients for a Brownie?

Brownie mix, 1 pound chocolate chips, 1 ½ cups cold water

How much does one Brownie recipe yield?

10

Why is it important to use the #6 scoop to portion brownie batter in the mini cake pan?

Consistent portion size and maximize the yield

Why is it important to combine the dry brownie mix and chocolate chips together before adding water?

Distributed the chips through the brownie and prevents sinking

Why is it important not to overspray the mini cakepan with pan coating spray?

Makes the crust hard

What should a Brownie look like? (Full QI)

Chocolate chips throughout, dense, fudgy center, rich chocolate flavor

What is the shelf life of a brownie?

4 days

How much does 1x yield for the croutons?

10 trays

Why only 15 slices of cut bread per half-sheet tray?

Even drying and consistent coverage of butter

Why is it important to spread Crouton Butter around the inside of the mixing bowl before adding toasted croutons

To coat evenly and limit breakage

Why is it important for baked croutons to cool completely before covered with a lid?

Hot croutons will sweat and become soggy

What should a crouton look like? (Full QI)

Golden brown, well coated with no bare spots, light crisp texture, free of excess crumbs, toasted and buttery with good cheese, oragano, and basil flavor

What is the shelf life of prepped croutons?

2 days

What is in the crouton butter?

6 pounds margarine, 8 oz grated parmesan cheese, 2 tbsp whole basil, 2 tbsp whole oregano

How much does 1x of crouton butter make?

6 ½ pounds

If I over melt the margarine for the crouton butter, can I put it in the cooler to make it firmer?

No, won’t coat croutons evenly. Give to broil

Why is it important for Crouton butter to have the consistency of cake frosting?

Even coating and won’t absorb

Why is it important to use Crouton butter immediately after it is prepared and mixed? (CR)

Best consistency

What should Crouton Butter look like? (Full QI)

Light yellow in color with visible herbs, medium to heavy consistency like cake frosting, flavor of basil and oregano followed by parmesan cheese

What ingredients are in the Honey Cinnamon Butter?

10 pounds of butter, 6 pounds of honey, 4 ½ oz ground cinnamon

What should Honey Cinnamon Butter look like? (Full QI)

Tan in color with visible specs of cinnamon, light and fluffy with creamy light texture, honey and cinnamon flavor

What should Whipped Butter look like? (Full QI)

Off white color, light and fluffy with creamy light texture, fresh butter flavor