Steps/Process
Slashes in tops of yeast doughs for artistic design.
What is score.
Yeast bread step in which the dough and gluten relax making it easier to shape.
What is bench rest.
Dough that contains little to no fat.
What is lean dough.
Measuring ingredients accurately, by weight.
What is a scale.
Gas produced by yeast and what makes the bread rise.
What is carbon dioxide.
Mixing method in which all ingredients of a yeast dough are combined and mixed at once.
What is straight dough method.
Process of deflating the air pockets in dough before placing it seam side down.
What is punch down.
Doughs that contain siginificantly more fat and sugar.
What is rich dough.
Straight-edge, rectangular tool used to scrape and pick up dough (also used to cut dough into smaller pieces).
What is a bench knife.
Too much of this ingredient can kill yeast.
What is salt.
Mixing method in which flour, water, and sometimes yeast are premixed and allowed to ferment.
What is sponge method.
Final fermentation stage that allows the leavening action of the yeast to achieve its final strength before baking.
What is proof.
An elastic substance created when protein in flour mixes with liquid (gives bread its chew)
What is gluten.
Placing dough on the correct pan just prior to baking.
What is panning.
This part of wheat is responsible for forming gluten when mixed with water.
What is a protein.
Shaping the dough into smooth balls prior to letting it rest.
What is rounding.
Microscopic fungi used for fermentation and leavening.
What is yeast.
Place where the edges of the bread meet.
What is seam.
What is oven spring.
This happens to bread if it is under-proofed before baking.
What is dense.
Working dough by hand or in a mixer to develop gluten.
What is knead.
Process in which yeast is converting into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
What is fermentation.
Mixture of flour, water, and yeast that naturally ferments over time and begins leavening action.
What is starter.
Mixer attachment shaped like a "c" used to knead dough.
What is dough hook.
This country is known as the birthplace of croissants.
What is Austria.