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1. A batter too thick to be poured but will drop in lumps from spoon
Why do popovers require more mixing than other quick breads?
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?
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?
Drop Batters

2. Biscuits & scones
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
Tunneling
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make

3. Mix very little - plus fat & sugar
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?

4. Greased or lined with silicone paper
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________

5. Toughness & tunnelling
Overmixing muffin dough can result in
Procedure - Biscuit Method
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
Should muffin batter be smooth?

6. Eggs
Procedure - Biscuit Method
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
Popovers derive their structure from bread flour and
Examples of batters?

7. Knead the biscuit method. Muffin method only mix until batter is just moist (it will be lumpy)
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
Muffin Method
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?

8. Biscuits
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
Biscuit Method
Example of soft dough?
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________

9. Do Not STIR OR MIX the batter. It will toughen it!
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?
What is the exception among quick breads?
What type of flour is used for making popovers? Why?

10. 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
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)

11. The development of elongated holes inside muffin products
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
Tunneling
When cutting biscuits with a knife - you should cut _____________ down and ___________ drag knife.
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?

12. Tea cakes
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
Procedure - Biscuit Method
Quick breads high in sugar ad fats are sometimes called
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?

13. No yeast. Chemical leavening agents are used (baking powder - baking soda) & steam
Muffin batters are easily used to make
Example of soft dough?
Is yeast used for quick breads?
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?

14. Overmixing can cause toughness. Mix only until dry ingredients become moist!
What is danger of muffin batter?
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.
What develops inside popovers while baking?
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads

15. No. Only mix until ingredients are moistened. Batter may be lumpy.
Creaming Method
Should muffin batter be smooth?
Why might a baker choose to prepare a quick bread using the creaming method rather than the biscuit or muffin method?
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?

16. No. Yeast is not used
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
What develops inside popovers while baking?
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads

17. Scoop batter from edge

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18. Mixes ingredients together more evenly/uniformly
Which mixing method is used for formulas high in fat?
Creaming Method
When spooning muffin mix into tins - it's best to
Why does the creaming method mix together the fat & sugar first?

19. First with honey. Then with sugarcane. Last with molasses.
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
Explain how gingerbread came to sweetened.
What is the exception among quick breads?
Biscuit Method

20. Fast & easy
Should you mix batters a little or a lot?
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Muffins - Loaves - Coffee cakes)
Pour Batters

21. Toughens them.
Biscuit Method. What does overkneading do to biscuits?
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
Biscuit Method

22. 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.
Should muffin batter be smooth?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)
How are popovers leavened?
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?

23. Scoop batter from OUTSIDE EDGE of bowl. Do not stir!
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?
Example of soft dough?
Drop Batters
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?

24. Lightly. Just enough to develop flakiness but not toughen product.
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Procedure - Biscuit Method
How long should you knead biscuit dough?

25. Toughness & Tunnelling
Examples of batters?
When pouring muffin batter into tins - do not _____________.
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?

26. Formulas use less fat & sugar than rich - oily muffins sold in stores today.
Biscuit Method
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?
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?

27. POPOVERS
What keeps gluten development low in mixing batter for quick breads?
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
What is the exception among quick breads?
Tunneling

28. Brown evenly
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
What is the best way to pour muffin batter into tins?
Why must popover batter be mixed well?
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.

29. Muffin method
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
Examples of batters?
Muffin Method

30. Muffins - pancakes - waffles - loaf-type or sheet-type quick breads.
When making up muffins you should make sure tins and loaf pans are _______________
Muffin Method
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?

31. Toughness & Tunnelling (the development of elongated holes inside muffin products)
Should muffin batter be smooth?
What happens if you overmix batter?
What is danger of muffin batter?
How long should you knead biscuit dough?

32. They can be mixed more without becoming tough.
Muffin Method
If loaf breads and coffee cakes have high fat & sugar - can they be mixed more or less?
What is the exception among quick breads?
When making up corn bread - sheet pans should be _______________________

33. Tin pan
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Do muffins rise better with paper liners or just a greased tin pan?
This mixing method results in a lumpy batter
Pour Batters

34. Loss of volume will happen (Muffins won't rise as high)
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?
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?
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?

35. Tougher
Example of soft dough?
Is yeast used for quick breads?
If you use the leftover scraps after cutting out biscuits - how will the biscuits made from the scraps taste?
Which mixing method requires some kneading before ready for makeup?

36. Flakier biscuit
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?
Biscuit Method. If you use slightly more shortening and cut it in less (pieces are size of peas) - what will it produce?
Do quick breads need fermentation time?
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them

37. Popovers are leavened with steam.
Example of soft dough?
How are popovers leavened?
Procedure - Creaming Method (Biscuits)
Is yeast used for quick breads?

38. Muffins - loaf breads - pancakes
Muffin Method
What happens if you overmix batter?
3 mixing methods for most quick breads
Examples of batters?

39. Cut STRAIGHT DOWN and Do Not DRAG KNIFE!
Quick bread soft doughs are used to make
Popovers
When cutting biscuits with a knife - you should cut _____________ down and ___________ drag knife.
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?

40. A batter that is liquid enough to be poured
This type of bread is a wide variety of cakes - shortbreads or cookies. dates back to Middle Ages. Spices used.
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?
Pour Batters

41. Overmixing caused irregular shapes - toughness & tunnelling
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
What is the most important difference between the biscuit method and the muffin bethod?
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?
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?

42. Cut into squares of triangles with pastry cutter knife or roller cutters.
Brushing the tops of biscuits with an egg wash before baking helps them
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
How can you cut biscuits to eliminate scraps?
What type of dough/batter are popovers made from?

43. So you don't waste dough. Minimize leftover scraps.
Batters for muffins and quick loaf breads can be interchanged. What does this mean?
Tunneling
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?
Procedure - Muffin Method

44. Fat
Formulas for muffins and quick loaf breads in this Chapter should be thought of breads and not tea cakes. Why?
Is muffin method long & hard or fast & easy?
Is yeast used for quick breads?
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.

45. Only slight - you don't want quick bread too chewy - you want TENDERNESS
Popovers
What type of gluten development do you want in quick breads?
This mixing method is best for quick bread formulas high in fat and sugar
Procedure - Biscuit Method

46. 1. Soft doughs (biscuits - rolled out & cut into shapes) 2. Batters (pour batters & drop batters)
2 Types of Dough Mixtures for Quick Breads
How are popovers leavened?
When cutting biscuits - why should you space the cuts as closely together as possible?
Muffin Method. What happens if you do not bake immediately after mixing?

47. Popover (uses steam!)
What is danger of muffin batter?
The quick bread that uses no chemical leaveners of yeast is called a...
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?

48. 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!
Procedure - Muffin Method
What is the benefit of using the creaming method?
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?

49. Very large holes
Biscuit Method. What if you skip the kneading step?
What develops inside popovers while baking?
What happens if muffin batter is overmixed?
Do quick breads need fermentation time?

50. Rich
What is the exception among quick breads?
If a biscuit uses creaming method - What is the result?
Muffin method is not suitable for formulas high in ___________.
Quick breads made using muffin method are not as ___________ and cakelike as muffins using the creaming method.