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1. Popover (uses steam!)
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
Drop Batters
How long should you knead biscuit dough?

2. Loaf breads
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
Muffin batters are easily used to make

3. DOWN. Cut straight down. Do Not TWIST CUTTER!
Popovers
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
Overmixing muffin dough can result in

4. 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.
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?
Popovers
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?
What type of flour is used for making popovers? Why?

5. Mixes ingredients together more evenly/uniformly
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
Tunneling
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?

6. More cakelike & less flaky
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
Procedure - Biscuit Method
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?

7. 1. biscuit method 2. muffin method 3. creaming method
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.

8. Very large holes
What develops inside popovers while baking?
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?

9. Muffins - loaf breads - pancakes
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
Examples of batters?

10. Scoop batter from edge
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
What is danger of muffin batter?
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?

11. 1. Sift together dry ingredients 2. combine all liquids - including melted fat 3. Add liquids to dry. Mix only until batter is moist. Will look lumpy. Do Not Overmix! 4. Pan and bake immediately!
Creaming Method
Procedure - Muffin Method
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
3 mixing methods for most quick breads

12. 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
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar

13. Eggs
When cutting biscuits with a knife - you should cut _____________ down and ___________ drag knife.
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
What develops inside popovers while baking?
Popovers

14. Biscuits - scones - similar products. Sometimes called pastry method (it's like method used for mixing pie pastry)
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?
Biscuit Method
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?

15. Tin pan
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?

16. Rich
Procedure - Muffin Method
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?

17. A baked product made of thin batter - leavened only by steam & characterized by large holes/cavities on the inside
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?
Popovers

18. Creaming method
What is the exception among quick breads?
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar
Makeup of Biscuits

19. Only slight - you don't want quick bread too chewy - you want TENDERNESS
Biscuit Method
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?
Muffin Method

20. No. Yeast is not used
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Makeup of Biscuits
Example of soft dough?
Procedure - Muffin Method

21. Biscuits & scones
Examples of batters?
Popovers
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...

22. A batter too thick to be poured but will drop in lumps from spoon
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
Drop Batters
Makeup of Biscuits

23. Loss of volume will happen (Muffins won't rise as high)
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?

24. 1. Cream fat - sugar - salt - spices - milk powder until light 2. Mix in eggs in 2 or 3 stages 3. Sift dry ingredients (flour - baking powder) together in separate bowl 4. Stir liquid ingredients together in separate bowl 5. Add dry ingredients alter
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
Overmixing muffin dough can result in

25. Knead the biscuit method. Muffin method only mix until batter is just moist (it will be lumpy)
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?

26. Cut into squares of triangles with pastry cutter knife or roller cutters.
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?

27. Toughens them.
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
Pour Batters
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?
Do quick breads need fermentation time?

28. Tougher
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)

29. Produces fine textured goods and less danger of overmixing
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?

30. Use creaming method if formula is high in fat. Produces fine texture & has less danger of overmixing. Cakelike result.
Creaming Method
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads

31. 1. Roll out dough into uniform sheets 1/2 in (1 cm) thick 2. Cut into desired shape 3. Place 1/2 in apart on greased/paper lined baking sheet 4. Apply egg wash or milk to brown 5. Bake ASAP
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
Examples of batters?
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?
Makeup of Biscuits

32. Scoop batter from OUTSIDE EDGE of bowl. Do not stir!
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
What is the exception among quick breads?
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?

33. Gingerbread!
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?
Muffin Method
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.

34. Lightly. Just enough to develop flakiness but not toughen product.
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
What happens if you overmix batter?
Pour Batters

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.
Drop Batters
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
Muffin batters are easily used to make
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.

36. A LITTLE! Keep gluten development low. Mix only until the dry ingredients are moist.
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
Should muffin batter be smooth?
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?
What is the exception among quick breads?

37. Fast & easy
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
Procedure - Muffin Method
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?

38. 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.
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)

39. Greased or lined with silicone paper
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads

40. Toughness & Tunnelling (the development of elongated holes inside muffin products)
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
What happens if you overmix batter?

41. 1. Soft doughs (biscuits - rolled out & cut into shapes) 2. Batters (pour batters & drop batters)
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads
Overmixing muffin dough can result in
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?

42. Muffin method
Muffin batters are easily used to make
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter

43. Flakier biscuit
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?

44. Thin batter
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them

45. First with honey. Then with sugarcane. Last with molasses.
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?

46. Formulas use less fat & sugar than rich - oily muffins sold in stores today.
Is yeast used for quick breads?
Makeup of Biscuits
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?

47. You get very tender biscuits with less volume (not as high)
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?

48. They can be mixed more without becoming tough.
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.
Muffin batters are easily used to make
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?

49. Method that begins with the blending of fat & sugar (cakes - cookies - etc.)
What develops inside popovers while baking?
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
Creaming Method

50. More time consuming
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?

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