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Professional Baking

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1. Brown evenly
What develops inside popovers while baking?
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make

2. A batter that is liquid enough to be poured
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
Pour Batters
What is the exception among quick breads?
Should muffin batter be smooth?

3. Greased & floured
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
Overmixing muffin dough can result in
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads

4. Flakier biscuit
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?
Tunneling
When cutting biscuits with a knife - you should cut _____________ down and ___________ drag knife.

5. Overmixing can cause toughness. Mix only until dry ingredients become moist!
What is danger of muffin batter?
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?

6. 1. Cream fat - sugar - salt - milk powder 2. Gradually (little by little) add eggs 3. Add water or milk (liquid) 4. Sift together flour & baking powder in separate bowl. 5. Add to liquids & mix to a smooth dough.
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?
Overmixing muffin dough can result in
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)

7. Tea cakes
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)

8. Bread flour. Popover structure must be strong enough to hold up the large holes. Batter mixed well to develop gluten. HIGH % OF EGGS used to give structure.
What type of flour is used for making popovers? Why?
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
What is danger of muffin batter?
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar

9. More time consuming
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
Tunneling
Procedure - Biscuit Method

10. No yeast. Chemical leavening agents are used (baking powder - baking soda) & steam
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Is yeast used for quick breads?

11. POPOVERS
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
What is the exception among quick breads?
Overmixing muffin dough can result in
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?

12. Scoop batter from edge

13. Rich
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
Pour Batters

14. A LITTLE! Keep gluten development low. Mix only until the dry ingredients are moist.
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?
Drop Batters
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?

15. Produces fine textured goods and less danger of overmixing
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?

16. Tougher
Should muffin batter be smooth?
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?

17. Greased or lined with silicone paper
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
Biscuit Method

18. If the batter was a bread batter - you can make muffins out of it. If it was a muffin batter - you can make bread out of it.
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?

19. Creaming method
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
Biscuit Method

20. Biscuits
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
Popovers
Example of soft dough?
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar

21. To develop gluten so structure can hold up and make holes.
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
When cutting biscuits with a knife - you should cut _____________ down and ___________ drag knife.
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
Why must popover batter be mixed well?

22. Creaming method
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar
What happens if you overmix batter?
Muffin batters are easily used to make
Pour Batters

23. Biscuits & scones
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
How are popovers leavened?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make

24. Knead the biscuit method. Muffin method only mix until batter is just moist (it will be lumpy)
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads
Makeup of Biscuits
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter

25. Gingerbread!
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?
Examples of batters?
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
Creaming Method

26. DOWN. Cut straight down. Do Not TWIST CUTTER!
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
Is yeast used for quick breads?
Makeup of Biscuits

27. Muffins - loaf breads - pancakes
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
Examples of batters?
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?

28. 1. Soft doughs (biscuits - rolled out & cut into shapes) 2. Batters (pour batters & drop batters)
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?
Tunneling
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?

29. Thin batter
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?
How are popovers leavened?

30. Lightly. Just enough to develop flakiness but not toughen product.
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
What happens if you overmix batter?
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
How long should you knead biscuit dough?

31. The development of elongated holes inside muffin products
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
What develops inside popovers while baking?
Tunneling

32. Mixes ingredients together more evenly/uniformly
Drop Batters
Overmixing muffin dough can result in
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?

33. Overmixing caused irregular shapes - toughness & tunnelling
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
If you made a batch of muffins that came out of the oven with strange - knobby shapes - what would you expect to be the reason?

34. Cut into squares of triangles with pastry cutter knife or roller cutters.
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
Muffin Method
Is yeast used for quick breads?

35. Popovers have no chemical leaveners or yeast. Uses steam - bread flour & eggs to help rise. You must mix more to develop gluten to hlod up the structure and create the holes in baked good.
Procedure - Muffin Method
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Example of soft dough?

36. So you don't waste dough. Minimize leftover scraps.
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
Examples of batters?
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?

37. Loaf breads
Muffin batters are easily used to make
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.

38. A baked product made of thin batter - leavened only by steam & characterized by large holes/cavities on the inside
Creaming Method
Popovers
Example of soft dough?
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?

39. Muffin method
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
Muffin Method
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?

40. No. Yeast is not used
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)

41. Popovers are leavened with steam.
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?
How are popovers leavened?
Should muffin batter be smooth?

42. Very large holes
What develops inside popovers while baking?
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
Examples of batters?
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?

43. 1. scale ingredients 2. sift dry ingredients together 3. cut in fat (until it looks like cornmeal) 4. combine liquid ingredients in separate bowl 5. add to dry ingredients & mix just until soft dough forms (DON'T Overmix!) 6. Bring dough to bench & k
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?

44. More cakelike & less flaky
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
Muffin batters are easily used to make
How long should you knead biscuit dough?

45. A batter too thick to be poured but will drop in lumps from spoon
What type of flour is used for making popovers? Why?
What is danger of muffin batter?
Drop Batters
Popovers

46. Fast & easy
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?

47. Mix very little - plus fat & sugar
How are popovers leavened?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.

48. Biscuit method
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?

49. Toughness & Tunnelling (the development of elongated holes inside muffin products)
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
Popovers
What happens if you overmix batter?
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?

50. You get very tender biscuits with less volume (not as high)
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
How are popovers leavened?
Should muffin batter be smooth?
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?