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1. Muffins - loaf breads - pancakes
Examples of batters?
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
Drop Batters
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?

2. 1. Soft doughs (biscuits - rolled out & cut into shapes) 2. Batters (pour batters & drop batters)
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads

3. DOWN. Cut straight down. Do Not TWIST CUTTER!
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.

4. Scoop batter from edge

5. 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.
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
What type of flour is used for making popovers? Why?
Creaming Method

6. Mixes ingredients together more evenly/uniformly
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?
When cutting biscuits with a knife - you should cut _____________ down and ___________ drag knife.
How are popovers leavened?

7. Thin batter
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?
Biscuit Method
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?

8. More time consuming
Tunneling
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?

9. Overmixing caused irregular shapes - toughness & tunnelling
Creaming Method
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
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?
Overmixing muffin dough can result in

10. Lightly. Just enough to develop flakiness but not toughen product.
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?

11. Toughness & tunnelling
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Overmixing muffin dough can result in

12. Overmixing can cause toughness. Mix only until dry ingredients become moist!
Is yeast used for quick breads?
Procedure - Biscuit Method
What is danger of muffin batter?
Tunneling

13. To develop gluten so structure can hold up and make holes.
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
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?

14. A batter too thick to be poured but will drop in lumps from spoon
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.
Drop Batters
What develops inside popovers while baking?
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?

15. Cut STRAIGHT DOWN and Do Not DRAG KNIFE!
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.
When cutting biscuits with a knife - you should cut _____________ down and ___________ drag knife.
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?

16. Greased & floured
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?

17. 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.
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
Example of soft dough?
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?

18. The development of elongated holes inside muffin products
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
Tunneling
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and

19. 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
Makeup of Biscuits
Pour Batters
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?

20. Popover (uses steam!)
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
What happens if you overmix batter?
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads

21. 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 making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
Tunneling

22. Knead the biscuit method. Muffin method only mix until batter is just moist (it will be lumpy)
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?

23. Loaf breads
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Muffin batters are easily used to make
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
Why must popover batter be mixed well?

24. Toughness & Tunnelling (the development of elongated holes inside muffin products)
What happens if you overmix batter?
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?
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?

25. Creaming method
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar
Pour Batters
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and

26. Popovers are leavened with steam.
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
How are popovers leavened?
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?

27. No yeast. Chemical leavening agents are used (baking powder - baking soda) & steam
Is yeast used for quick breads?
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?

28. Flakier biscuit
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?

29. So you don't waste dough. Minimize leftover scraps.
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?
Procedure - Muffin Method

30. More cakelike & less flaky
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?

31. 1. biscuit method 2. muffin method 3. creaming method
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?

32. Greased or lined with silicone paper
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.
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
Overmixing muffin dough can result in

33. A batter that is liquid enough to be poured
Pour Batters
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
Makeup of Biscuits
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?

34. First with honey. Then with sugarcane. Last with molasses.
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?

35. No. Yeast is not used
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
Do quick breads need fermentation time?

36. Tin pan
How are popovers leavened?
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?
When cutting biscuits with a knife - you should cut _____________ down and ___________ drag knife.
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?

37. Biscuits & scones
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.

38. Only slight - you don't want quick bread too chewy - you want TENDERNESS
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
What type of flour is used for making popovers? Why?
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?

39. Scoop batter from OUTSIDE EDGE of bowl. Do not stir!
Should muffin batter be smooth?
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
Procedure - Muffin Method
Makeup of Biscuits

40. Rich
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?

41. Loss of volume will happen (Muffins won't rise as high)
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
Creaming Method

42. Tea cakes
Is yeast used for quick breads?
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.

43. No. Only mix until ingredients are moistened. Batter may be lumpy.
What happens if you overmix batter?
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?
Should muffin batter be smooth?
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to

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!
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
Procedure - Muffin Method
Overmixing muffin dough can result in
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?

45. Use creaming method if formula is high in fat. Produces fine texture & has less danger of overmixing. Cakelike result.
Muffin Method
Example of soft dough?
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?
What is the exception among quick breads?

46. Brown evenly
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)

47. Biscuits
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
Example of soft dough?
Why must popover batter be mixed well?

48. Very large holes
What is danger of muffin batter?
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
What develops inside popovers while baking?
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.

49. Eggs
Pour Batters
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
What develops inside popovers while baking?

50. Formulas use less fat & sugar than rich - oily muffins sold in stores today.
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
Is yeast used for quick breads?