Mixing Techniques
This method quickly combines wet and dry ingredients without overmixing.
What is the muffin method?
A tool used to scrape the sides of a mixing bowl.
What is a spatula
This white powder is used to provide structure to baked goods by forming gluten when mixed with liquid.
What is flour?
This technique involves cutting fat into flour, often used for pastries and biscuits, to create a flaky texture.
What is the biscuit method?
The action you should take before starting any food preparation.
What is washing your hands?
These two ingredients are beaten together first in the creaming method to create a light and airy mixture.
What are butter and sugar?
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?
The 3 ingredients required to activate yeast.
What are sugar, yeast, and warm water?
This temperature range is known as the "danger zone," where bacteria can grow rapidly on food.
What is 4 - 60 C?
In the biscuit method, leaving small pieces of fat in the dough creates this texture.
What is a flaky texture?
An appliance commonly used to cream butter and sugar.
What is an electric mixer?
This type of fat is often used in pie crusts to create a flaky texture because it stays solid longer than butter.
What is shortening?
The temperature at which water would kill of yeast.
What is above 110 F?
The correct temperature for setting your refrigerator.
What is 4°C?
This mixing method requires you to fold whipped egg whites into a batter to keep as much air as possible
What is the folding method?
This tool is used to incorporate air into dry ingredients or to break up clumps before adding them to a batter.
What is a sifter?
This sweetener not only adds flavor to baked goods but also helps with browning and moisture retention.
What is sugar?
This method is used for bread-making, involving kneading dough to develop gluten, which gives the bread structure and texture.
What is the kneading method?
This term refers to the practice of keeping raw meats separate from ready-to-eat foods to prevent cross-contamination.
What is cross contamination?
Overmixing batter in the muffin method causes these two problems in the final baked product.
What are toughness and tunnels?
This baking tool is used to divide dough evenly and scrape sticky dough off work surfaces.
What is a bench scraper?
This protein-rich ingredient can provide structure, moisture, and help leaven baked goods when beaten.
What is an egg?
The test used to determine if the dough is kneaded enough.
What is the window pane test?
his is the minimum temperature to which poultry should be cooked to ensure harmful bacteria, like Salmonella, are destroyed.
What is 165 C?