Mixing Techniques
Combines ingredients until just blended without over-mixing.
What is stirring?
A tool used to scrape the sides of a mixing bowl.
What is a spatula
An ingredient that makes baked goods rise and is activated by heat or acid.
What is baking powder?
The method where you mix wet and dry ingredients together.
What is the muffin method?
The action you should take before starting any food preparation.
What is washing your hands?
Incorporates air by folding a light mixture into a heavier one.
What is folding?
The best tool for cutting in fat when making pastry dough.
What is a pastry blender?
The ingredient that acts as a fat in cookie dough.
What is butter?
In the creaming method, the two ingredients beaten together first.
What are butter and sugar?
The type of cutting board used for raw meat
What is a separate or plastic cutting board?
Uses a spoon or whisk in a circular motion to combine ingredients.
What is beating?
An appliance commonly used to cream butter and sugar.
What is an electric mixer?
The ingredient that binds other ingredients together in many baked goods.
What are eggs?
The purpose of sifting dry ingredients together.
What is to aerate and combine ingredients?
The correct temperature for setting your refrigerator.
What is 4°C?
Mixes shortening into dry ingredients using a pastry blender or two knives.
What is cutting in?
A tool used for uniform distribution of flour.
What is a sifter?
The type of sugar best for making icing.
What is confectioners' sugar or icing sugar
The texture of the dough before baking when using the biscuit method.
What is crumbly but holds together?
The reason fruits and vegetables should be washed before use.
What is to remove dirt, bacteria, and pesticides?
Whipping ingredients rapidly to increase volume.
What is whipping?
The tool used to beat eggs or mix liquids.
What is a whisk?
The primary leavening agent in bread.
What is yeast?
The mixing method used for pancakes.
What is the muffin method?
The transfer of bacteria from one food to another, and how to prevent it.
What is cross-contamination and using separate tools or washing hands?