Quick Breads
A mixture of flour, liquid, & other ingredients that are stiff enough to form into shapes for baking.
What is dough?
This flour is probably the kind you have in your pantry. It can be used to make all sorts of baked goods.
What is all purpose flour?
This type of pan should be used when making pound cakes.
What is metal?
There are three types of leavening agents.
What is biological, chemical, and physical?
What is overmixing?
This causes too much gluten, making the finished product tough or chewy
What is overmixing?
This flour is similar to cake flour, but slightly stronger with more gluten. Its color is more off-white.
What is pastry flour?
You should use these two ingredients on your pan before pouring and baking your pound cake.
What is butter and flour?
Baking powder, baking soda, ammonium, and carbonate are all examples of this type of leavener.
What is chemical?
If you pack this ingredient into the measuring cup instead of lightly spooning it in, you may end up with dry baked goods.
What is flour?
The next time you make muffins, mix it to the point that the wet and dry ingredients are just ________ .
What is combined?
This flour has a leavener added to it to help it rise.
What is self-rising flour?
This ingredient is brought to room temperature by soaking in a bowl of warm water.
What is eggs?
_______ is a physical leavening agent. It is introduced by mixing dry ingredients and creaming batters.
What is air?
If you skip this step before putting baked goods in the oven, they may bake unevenly or take longer than expected.
What is preheating the oven?
This type of flour contains the most amount of protein.
What is bread flour?
This flour is a fine, powdery flour is used for soft pizza and pasta dough.
What is '00' flour?
This technique keeps air bubbles out of your batter.
What is swirling the batter?
Yeast changes the sugars and starches in the dough into carbon dioxide expanding and leavening the dough, which is known as ___________.
What is fermentation?
Opening the oven door too often while baking can cause cakes to do this.
What is collapsing or sinking in the middle?
The three steps to the biscuit method.
1. Combine dry ingredients
2. Solid shortening is cut-in
3. Liquid ingredients are added & mixed just long enough to combine with other ingredients
This flour has a protein content of 7-9% and a gluten content of 7-9%.
What is cake flour?
Alternating between adding dry and wet ingredients keeps and creates an __________.
Also known as sodium bicarbonate. It is alkaline and has to be used with acids such as chocolate and buttermilk to release carbon dioxide.
What is baking soda?
Too much sugar, a hot baking sheet, and butter that is too soft causes this problem with cookies.
What is flat cookies?