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Professional Baking

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1. Method that begins with the blending of fat & sugar (cakes - cookies - etc.)
Creaming Method
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?

2. 1. biscuit method 2. muffin method 3. creaming method
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
Popovers
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?

3. Muffin method
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
Muffin Method
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?

4. Biscuit method
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?
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 __________.

5. A batter too thick to be poured but will drop in lumps from spoon
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
Drop Batters
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
What is danger of muffin batter?

6. Creaming method
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
Muffin Method

7. The development of elongated holes inside muffin products
What type of flour is used for making popovers? Why?
Tunneling
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?

8. A LITTLE! Keep gluten development low. Mix only until the dry ingredients are moist.
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
Biscuit Method
Drop Batters
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?

9. Loaf breads
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
Muffin batters are easily used to make
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?

10. Mixes ingredients together more evenly/uniformly
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.

11. Biscuits - scones - similar products. Sometimes called pastry method (it's like method used for mixing pie pastry)
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Biscuit Method
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)

12. Popovers are leavened with steam.
How are popovers leavened?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)
Drop Batters
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?

13. Eggs
When cutting biscuits with a knife - you should cut _____________ down and ___________ drag knife.
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
Why must popover batter be mixed well?

14. Lightly. Just enough to develop flakiness but not toughen product.
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?
Muffin batters are easily used to make
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
How long should you knead biscuit dough?

15. Greased or lined with silicone paper
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________
Pour Batters
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.

16. Brown evenly
Creaming Method
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
What happens if you overmix batter?

17. 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 is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
What happens if you overmix batter?
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?

18. 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
How long should you knead biscuit dough?
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
Makeup of Biscuits

19. Formulas use less fat & sugar than rich - oily muffins sold in stores today.
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?

20. Very large holes
What develops inside popovers while baking?
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
How long should you knead biscuit dough?

21. Produces fine textured goods and less danger of overmixing
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?
Creaming Method
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?

22. A baked product made of thin batter - leavened only by steam & characterized by large holes/cavities on the inside
Popovers
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
Should muffin batter be smooth?

23. Toughness & Tunnelling
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
Popovers
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
What happens if you overmix batter?

24. Scoop batter from OUTSIDE EDGE of bowl. Do not stir!
Popovers
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?

25. No. Yeast is not used
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
What is danger of muffin batter?
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
Do quick breads need fermentation time?

26. 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
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
Muffin batters are easily used to make
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and

27. Biscuits
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.
Example of soft dough?
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?

28. Corn meal
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
When preparing biscuits - the fat should be cut into dry ingredients until mixture looks like ________________.
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?
How long should you knead biscuit dough?

29. 1. Soft doughs (biscuits - rolled out & cut into shapes) 2. Batters (pour batters & drop batters)
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?

30. First with honey. Then with sugarcane. Last with molasses.
Should muffin batter be smooth?
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
How are popovers leavened?

31. No yeast. Chemical leavening agents are used (baking powder - baking soda) & steam
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Is yeast used for quick breads?
Creaming Method
Example of soft dough?

32. Greased & floured
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and

33. More time consuming
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?
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 yeast used for quick breads?

34. Popover (uses steam!)
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...

35. A batter that is liquid enough to be poured
What happens if you overmix batter?
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?
Pour Batters

36. Loss of volume will happen (Muffins won't rise as high)
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.

37. Creaming method
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?
Pour Batters
What is the exception among quick breads?
Do quick breads need fermentation time?

38. DOWN. Cut straight down. Do Not TWIST CUTTER!
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)
What is the exception among quick breads?
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?

39. To develop gluten so structure can hold up and make holes.
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
Why must popover batter be mixed well?

40. No. Only mix until ingredients are moistened. Batter may be lumpy.
Should muffin batter be smooth?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?
Popovers

41. Mix very little - plus fat & sugar
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
Procedure - Biscuit Method
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.

42. You get very tender biscuits with less volume (not as high)
Tunneling
Is yeast used for quick breads?
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?

43. 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.
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)
When cutting biscuits with round hand cutters - you should cut straight __________.
Muffin batters are easily used to make
Biscuit Method

44. 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
Is the creaming moeth more or less time consuming than the muffin method?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
Tunneling

45. Muffins - pancakes - waffles - loaf-type or sheet-type quick breads.
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
How are popovers leavened?
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.
Muffin Method

46. Knead the biscuit method. Muffin method only mix until batter is just moist (it will be lumpy)
Procedure - Muffin Method
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
What happens if you overmix batter?
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?

47. Toughness & Tunnelling (the development of elongated holes inside muffin products)
What happens if you overmix batter?
Biscuit Method
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
Procedure - Biscuit Method

48. Cut into squares of triangles with pastry cutter knife or roller cutters.
Procedure - Muffin Method
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?

49. Muffins - loaf breads - pancakes
Pour Batters
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
Examples of batters?
Popovers

50. POPOVERS
Drop Batters
Is yeast used for quick breads?
What is the exception among quick breads?
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them