leavening

cooking process

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  • baking bread
    In baking: Chemically leavened products

    Many bakery products depend on the evolution of gas from added chemical reactants as their leavening source. Items produced by this system include layer cakes, cookies, muffins, biscuits, corn bread, and some doughnuts.

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uses in baking

  • baking bread
    In baking: Leavening agents

    Leavening may result from yeast or bacterial fermentation, from chemical reactions, or from the distribution in the batter of atmospheric or injected gases.

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