INGREDIENTS
This ingredient makes things sweet
sugar
We use this to mix ingredients together.
Whisk or Spoon
What happens to butter when heated
Melts
Things get bigger when baked because of this
When you mix oil and water, they don’t blend
separation
This yellow ingredient melts when heated and adds flavor
butter
We bake cookies in this hot appliance.
Oven
Mixing ingredients together creates this
dough or batter
This ingredient creates bubbles in batter
baking soda or baking powder
If you add baking soda to vinegar in a cup, it bubbles up because it produces this gas
carbon dioxide
This ingredient helps baked goods rise by producing gas.
baking powder/baking soda
This tool rolls out dough
rolling pin
this happens when heat causes water in batter to turn into steam
evaporation
Why do we preheat the oven?
To make sure its correct temperature
When you beat egg whites until stiff peaks form, you are trapping this in the foam
air
This protein in flour gives dough structure.
Gluten
We measure small amounts of ingredients with this.
teaspoon or tablespoon
When liquids and dry ingredients are combined gently to avoid overworking, this step is called
folding in
What happens if you open the oven too often?
temperature drops and baked goods don't cook evenly
If bread comes out very dense instead of fluffy, it might be because this process didn’t happen
yeast fermentation (didn't rise)
This white liquid ingredient adds moisture and can help chemical reactions in baking
MILK
This kitchen item prevents sticking and burning in a pan.
parchment paper/greasing pan
The process of slowly adding air into egg whites to make them fluffy is called
whipping
Is yeast alive?
yes!
it remains alive in packaging and wakes up when combined with warm water and sugar, producing carbon dioxide gas that makes bread dough rise.
If a cake is dry and crumbly, it could be because of too much of this or too long baking.
too much flour