BREAD is a staple food prepared by baking a dough of flour and water.
Yeast Breads: Leavened with Yeast Examples: Loaves, Rolls, Doughnuts Quick Breads: Leavened with Baking Soda and/or Baking Powders Example: Sweet Breads, Biscuits, Muffins, Pancakes Unleavened Breads: Flat breads with no leavening agent Examples: Tortillas, Flat Bread, Crackers
PASTRY: is distinguished from bread by having a higher fat content, which contributes to a flaky or crumbly texture.
Flour Liquid Leavening Agents Fats Sweeteners Eggs Flavorings
Electric Mixer Kneading: mixing by hand, folding and turning ¼ of a turn. Bread Machine
A Batter is made with more liquid. Pour Batter – cake, pancakes Drop Batter – quick breads, cookies Soft Dough – yeast breads, rolled biscuits Stiff Dough – pie crust, rolled cookies, pasta Batter Dough
Grease and flour your pans - coat pan lightly with solid fat and then dust with four OR Spray with cooking spray OR Line with parchment paper
Always use the temperature given on the recipe to avoid mishaps. Unless the recipe states otherwise, preheat the oven. When using dark pans lower the temperature by 10 *degrees. If using glass pans lower the temperature by 25* degrees.
Oven Spring: The sudden increase of dough volume during the first minutes of baking. The oven heat increases rate of CO2 gas expansion. Testing Bread for Doneness: Golden brown, Firmly tap the top of crust for a hollow sound.
Cookies, Pastries, Rolls: - Use a wide turner and handle gently. - Place on a wire rack. Yeast Breads: - Turn the pan on it’s side, ease the bread our with clean pot holder - Place the bread right side up on a wire rack. Cakes and Quick Breads: - Run a straight edge along he side, place a cooling rack on the top - Flip the cake upside down onto the rack, place the rack on a level surface. Lift the pan off. - Pace another rack on the bottom of the baked item, flip, use both hands so the product is right side up.
Promote cooling by using a cooling rack If possible remove baked goods from pan to avoid sweating Thoroughly cool baked products before storing
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