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1. You get very tender biscuits with less volume (not as high)
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?

2. Muffin method
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?
Biscuit Method
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?

3. A LITTLE! Keep gluten development low. Mix only until the dry ingredients are moist.
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
Why must popover batter be mixed well?

4. They can be mixed more without becoming tough.
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads
Procedure - Muffin Method
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
What type of flour is used for making popovers? Why?

5. Loaf breads
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
Muffin batters are easily used to make
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called

6. No. Only mix until ingredients are moistened. Batter may be lumpy.
Should muffin batter be smooth?
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
What happens if you overmix batter?
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?

7. Fat
Pour Batters
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.

8. Knead the biscuit method. Muffin method only mix until batter is just moist (it will be lumpy)
Examples of batters?
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.

9. A batter that is liquid enough to be poured
Is yeast used for quick breads?
Pour Batters
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?

10. Toughens them.
What develops inside popovers while baking?
Example of soft dough?
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?

11. Tea cakes
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
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
What is the exception among quick breads?

12. Rich
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
What type of flour is used for making popovers? Why?

13. Toughness & Tunnelling
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
Procedure - Biscuit Method

14. Formulas use less fat & sugar than rich - oily muffins sold in stores today.
Popovers
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.

15. Overmixing caused irregular shapes - toughness & tunnelling
Creaming Method
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?
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?

16. Thin batter
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?
Biscuit Method

17. 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
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Creaming Method
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
Procedure - Biscuit Method

18. Toughness & tunnelling
Overmixing muffin dough can result in
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
Muffin Method
Do quick breads need fermentation time?

19. So you don't waste dough. Minimize leftover scraps.
What is danger of muffin batter?
Tunneling
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?
Muffin batters are easily used to make

20. Method that begins with the blending of fat & sugar (cakes - cookies - etc.)
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.
Creaming Method
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?

21. Gingerbread!
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
Muffin batters are easily used to make
Muffin Method
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.

22. Loss of volume will happen (Muffins won't rise as high)
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________

23. The development of elongated holes inside muffin products
What is danger of muffin batter?
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
Tunneling
Muffin batters are easily used to make

24. Cut into squares of triangles with pastry cutter knife or roller cutters.
What happens if you overmix batter?
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make

25. Scoop batter from OUTSIDE EDGE of bowl. Do not stir!
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
Should muffin batter be smooth?

26. Biscuit method
Drop Batters
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
What is danger of muffin batter?

27. No yeast. Chemical leavening agents are used (baking powder - baking soda) & steam
Is yeast used for quick breads?
Creaming Method
Tunneling
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.

28. POPOVERS
Drop Batters
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?
What is the exception among quick breads?

29. Flakier biscuit
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?

30. A baked product made of thin batter - leavened only by steam & characterized by large holes/cavities on the inside
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
Popovers
Muffin Method
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...

31. 1. Soft doughs (biscuits - rolled out & cut into shapes) 2. Batters (pour batters & drop batters)
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
Why must popover batter be mixed well?

32. Cut STRAIGHT DOWN and Do Not DRAG KNIFE!
When cutting biscuits with a knife - you should cut _____________ down and ___________ drag knife.
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
Examples of batters?
What happens if you overmix batter?

33. Scoop batter from edge

34. Do Not STIR OR MIX the batter. It will toughen it!
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.
What is the exception among quick breads?
Drop Batters
How are popovers leavened?

35. Overmixing can cause toughness. Mix only until dry ingredients become moist!
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?
What is danger of muffin batter?
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________

36. Corn meal
How are popovers leavened?
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?

37. 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
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
Makeup of Biscuits
Biscuit Method
What develops inside popovers while baking?

38. Greased or lined with silicone paper
Pour Batters
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
Should muffin batter be smooth?

39. Lightly. Just enough to develop flakiness but not toughen product.
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
Biscuit Method

40. 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
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called

41. To develop gluten so structure can hold up and make holes.
Popovers
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
What is the exception among quick breads?

42. More time consuming
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar

43. Toughness & Tunnelling (the development of elongated holes inside muffin products)
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
What happens if you overmix batter?
How are popovers leavened?
Popovers

44. 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!
Pour Batters
Procedure - Muffin Method
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?

45. Mix very little - plus fat & sugar
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?

46. Muffins - pancakes - waffles - loaf-type or sheet-type quick breads.
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?
Muffin Method
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar

47. Eggs
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
What is danger of muffin batter?
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and

48. Creaming method
What happens if you overmix batter?
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?
What is the exception among quick breads?
What type of flour is used for making popovers? Why?

49. Creaming method
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar
Is yeast used for quick breads?
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?

50. Muffins - loaf breads - pancakes
Procedure - Muffin Method
Drop Batters
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?
Examples of batters?