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1. No. Yeast is not used
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
Examples of batters?

2. The development of elongated holes inside muffin products
Tunneling
Procedure - Muffin Method
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?

3. 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
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.

4. Mix very little - plus fat & sugar
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?

5. Produces fine textured goods and less danger of overmixing
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
Muffin Method
How are popovers leavened?
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?

6. Cut into squares of triangles with pastry cutter knife or roller cutters.
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
What is danger of muffin batter?
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?

7. Brown evenly
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
Biscuit Method
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?

8. Rich
Creaming Method
How are popovers leavened?
Example of soft dough?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.

9. Overmixing can cause toughness. Mix only until dry ingredients become moist!
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
Is yeast used for quick breads?
What is danger of muffin batter?

10. Formulas use less fat & sugar than rich - oily muffins sold in stores today.
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them

11. POPOVERS
Example of soft dough?
What is the exception among quick breads?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Creaming Method

12. Creaming method
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
Makeup of Biscuits
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar

13. Cut STRAIGHT DOWN and Do Not DRAG KNIFE!
When cutting biscuits with a knife - you should cut _____________ down and ___________ drag knife.
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.

14. Muffin method
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...

15. Flakier biscuit
What develops inside popovers while baking?
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.
Do quick breads need fermentation time?

16. Greased or lined with silicone paper
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
Muffin batters are easily used to make
Pour Batters
How are popovers leavened?

17. Scoop batter from OUTSIDE EDGE of bowl. Do not stir!
Makeup of Biscuits
Procedure - Biscuit Method
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?

18. 1. Soft doughs (biscuits - rolled out & cut into shapes) 2. Batters (pour batters & drop batters)
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
Makeup of Biscuits
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads

19. 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!
Biscuit Method
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
Procedure - Muffin Method
Creaming Method

20. Very large holes
Should muffin batter be smooth?
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Procedure - Biscuit Method
What develops inside popovers while baking?

21. Eggs
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
Should muffin batter be smooth?
Pour Batters
3 mixing methods for most quick breads

22. Biscuits & scones
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?

23. Tougher
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
Should muffin batter be smooth?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?

24. Popovers are leavened with steam.
Makeup of Biscuits
How are popovers leavened?
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?

25. 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 exception among quick breads?
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
Makeup of Biscuits
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...

26. 1. biscuit method 2. muffin method 3. creaming method
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
3 mixing methods for most quick breads

27. They can be mixed more without becoming tough.
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?

28. Do Not STIR OR MIX the batter. It will toughen it!
What is danger of muffin batter?
Creaming Method
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?

29. Method that begins with the blending of fat & sugar (cakes - cookies - etc.)
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
Creaming Method
Overmixing muffin dough can result in
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.

30. Fat
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?
Why must popover batter be mixed well?

31. 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
Makeup of Biscuits
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)

32. 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.
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
Do quick breads need fermentation time?

33. 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.
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?
What type of flour is used for making popovers? Why?
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.

34. More time consuming
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
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?
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?

35. Only slight - you don't want quick bread too chewy - you want TENDERNESS
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
What is the exception among quick breads?
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?
Procedure - Biscuit Method

36. Corn meal
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
Biscuit Method
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads

37. No yeast. Chemical leavening agents are used (baking powder - baking soda) & steam
Is yeast used for quick breads?
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
Biscuit Method
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?

38. A batter too thick to be poured but will drop in lumps from spoon
Examples of batters?
Drop Batters
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?

39. Overmixing caused irregular shapes - toughness & tunnelling
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
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?

40. Use creaming method if formula is high in fat. Produces fine texture & has less danger of overmixing. Cakelike result.
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
Should muffin batter be smooth?
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...

41. No. Only mix until ingredients are moistened. Batter may be lumpy.
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.
Should muffin batter be smooth?
Pour Batters

42. Thin batter
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
Makeup of Biscuits
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?

43. Greased & floured
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?

44. Popover (uses steam!)
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.

45. 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.
What happens if you overmix batter?
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
Drop Batters

46. Muffins - loaf breads - pancakes
What develops inside popovers while baking?
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.
Examples of batters?
What is danger of muffin batter?

47. Toughness & tunnelling
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
Overmixing muffin dough can result in
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.

48. DOWN. Cut straight down. Do Not TWIST CUTTER!
What is danger of muffin batter?
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
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?

49. Toughens them.
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?

50. Gingerbread!
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.