List 2 types of leaveners we use in baking
Chemical and Yeast
20 seconds minimum
What are the 7 main ingredients used in baking?
What are the functions of each?
Flour, Eggs, Sugar, Rising Agents, Salt, Liquids/Flavoring, Fat
flour (structure)
eggs (texture, rising agent, glue)
sugar (sweetness)
Liquids/flavor (moisture, texture, flavor)
Rising agents (leaveners, help rise)
salt (flavor and structure)
Fat (texture, mouth feel, hold gluten molecules together)
What will happen to your recipe if your __________melts or becomes to soft and warm?
BUTTER! Everything will spread rather than puff up because the butter got too warm.
What does the acronym H.E.N.S.S stand for?
Hepatitis A
E Coli
Norovirus
Shigella
Salmonella
Gluten is a _________ that is made up of 2 smaller __________.
Protein, protein
What are the first steps to handwashing?
Roll up sleeves, remove all jewelry
Explain how eggs act as a leavener
Egg "puff up" when cooked so they push your product "up"
Give 5 examples of a quickbread
And WHY are they considered quickbreads?
Pancakes, muffins, loaf cakes, biscuits, cornbread, cake, cookies
Because they use chemical leaveners rather than yeast.
What are the 6 ingredients bacteria need in order to multiply?
Food, Acidity, Time, Temperature, Oxygen and Moisture
Name the 2 proteins that make up Gluten
Glutenin and Gliadin
If you see a lot smoke coming out of your pan,
1. What does that tell you?
2. What should you do?
Your heat is too high.
Turn off the burner and move the pan off the burner.
Is steam a type of leavener? And if so, how?
Yes it is. When liquids are used in a recipe they create steam inside of the oven. Steam can go only one direction which is up therefore steam pushes your product up and out to release.
Yeast needs what 2 things in order to live?
And what did we do in class to bloom our yeast?
Food and temperature
We put it in a bowl with warm water and a little sugar.
What is the temperature danger zone?
And what is the range of the temperature danger zone?
It's the area of temperature where bacteria is at its liveliest.
40-140
Baking Soda needs what kind ingredient in order to become activated?
An acid
Give 3 examples when you need to wash your hands
Using the bathroom
Licking fingers
Picking up something off the floor
Putting your hands in your pockets
Touching meat
touching the garbage can
blowing your nose
What kind of flour can you use to create a soft, chewy cookie?
Bread Flour or a flour with higher protein
We know quickbreads use chemical leaveners instead of yeast, but WHY are they called quickbreads?
What are the differences between breads that use chemical leaveners and breads that use yeast?
This bacteria is most found on poultry but is also found on eggs. What is it?
Salmonella
What are the 3 parts of a wheat berry?
Bran, Endosperm and Germ
Why do we carry our knives at our sides instead of upright in the air?
If the knife falls off the counter, what should you do?
In case someone walks into us the knife will pointed to the floor rather than the person.
NOTHING! Let the knife fall on the floor
If I replace all the brown sugar with white sugar in my cookie recipe, what kind of texture will I achieve?
And why?
Hard and Crunchy because white sugar does not have molasses which adds moisture to the dough.
Give 2 examples of yeast we used in class.
Sourdough starter and dry active yeast.
This bacteria is usually found in ground beef but it can also found lurking on your hands after using the bathroom. What is it?
E Coli