Quick Breads
Biscuits, muffins and pancakes are these?
Quick Breads
Muffin method adds the fat with the liquid ingredients
True or False
True
Biscuit method adds the fat to the dry ingredients
True or False
True
What does a leavening agent do?
makes it rise
Leavening means this:
"to rise"
Quick breads are called "quick" because they use these as leaveners:
baking soda and baking powder
Over-mixed Muffins with have the 2 things
Peaks and tunnels
Term for incorporating the solid fat into the dry ingredients, cutting into smaller pieces
Cutting In
What adds tenderness and flavor to biscuits?
fat
Number of teaspoons in a tablespoon
3
The main difference between Quick Breads and Yeast Breads is:
What are the type of leavening agents?
Chemical vs Biological
What type of fat do you use in the muffin method?
Liquid
The temperature your fat should be for the biscuit method.
Cold
Besides leavening agents, what provides added structure to quick breads?
Flour
How many fluid ounces in a cup?
8
Over mixing causes quick breads to become tough because of the over development of:
Gluten
At the end of the muffin method, your batter should be:
lumpy
What utensil do you use to "cut in"?
Pastry Blender
What is a byproduct of chemical leavening agents that makes the breads rise?
carbon dioxide CO2
Give an example of a pour batter, drop batter and dough.
pour pancakes, waffles
drop muffins, loaf of bread
dough biscuits, scones
Over mixing causes quick breads to become tough because of the over development of:
Gluten
How full should you fill your muffin cup?
What is 3/4 full?
What size should the butter pieces be once you've cut it in?
small to medium-sized pees
What ingredients give quick breads like muffins their moisture? 2 things
liquids (oil, milk, and water) and fat
Baking powder is a combination of what two ingredients?
What is cream of tartar and baking soda?