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Vocabulary. Leavening AgentA substance that helps a baked product to rise.YeastA tiny, non-green plant used as a leavening agent.. Vocabulary. Baking SodaA leavening agent. It combines with an acidic ingredient to form CO2 gas which causes baked items to rise.Baking PowderA leavening agent m
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1. Quick Breads and Yeast Breads!
2. Vocabulary Leavening Agent
A substance that helps a baked product to rise.
Yeast
A tiny, non-green plant used as a leavening agent.
3. Vocabulary Baking Soda
A leavening agent. It combines with an acidic ingredient to form CO2 gas which causes baked items to rise.
Baking Powder
A leavening agent made of baking soda and a dry acid.
4. Quick Breads Leavening Agent Used
Baking soda or baking powder
Process
Baked as soon as they are mixed
End Product
Coarser texture with soft bumpy crust
Examples
Muffins, biscuits, corn bread, doughnuts, waffles, crepes, tortillas, pita.
5. Yeast Breads Leavening Agent Used
Yeast
Process
Mix the dough, allow yeast to rise, form, allow to rise, then bake.
End Product
Soft texture
Examples
Cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls, pizza dough, loaf breads.
6. Quick Breads
7. Yeast Breads Yeast breads usually have to rise twice before baking:
Once after the dough is kneaded
Then after the dough is shaped.
Dough can be placed in the refrigerator to slow rising time.
8. The Function of Ingredients Liquid
Binds ingredients together and activates gluten formation
Usually milk although water can be used for a crustier bread.
Must be correct temp (100 - 115o). Too hot = kills yeast; too cold = slows yeast growth or won’t activate yeast.
9. The Function of Ingredients Sugar
Feeds the yeast and speeds rising
Adds flavor and sweetness
Contributes to browning
10. The Function of Ingredients Salt
Adds flavor
Controls rate of yeast growth
11. The Function of Ingredients Butter and other fats
Adds tenderness and flavor
Too much will interfere with gluten formation.
12. The Function of Ingredients Yeast
Leavening agent
Contributes flavor and aroma
Killed at 140o when bread reaches this temperature in the oven it will stop rising.
13. The Function of Ingredients Eggs
Emulsifier: keeps the liquid and the fat mixed together.
Adds nutrients and color
Contributes to tenderness and elasticity.
14. The Function of Ingredients Flour - provides structure
Wheat flour - ground from the entire wheat kernel
White flour - milled from wheat kernel after the bran and germ have been removed.
15. Flour…. Bread flour - strong, higher in protein
Cake flour - weak, low gluten, used for delicate baked goods
Pastry flour - mid level gluten
All purpose - slightly weaker than bread flour, can be used in pastries as well as bread.