Quick Breads Flashcards
Kinds of quick breads and liquid to solid ratio
Pour: 1:1
Drop: 1:2
Soft dough: 1:3
What are quick breads?
A flour mixture made with fast acting leavening agents
Pour batter and 3 examples
Thin consistency
Pancakes, waffles, popovers
Drop batters 3 examples
Thick and sticky
Biscuits, doughnuts, scones
What is a leavening agent used in quick breads?
Baking powder or baking soda mixed w and acid
4 steps to muffin making
Sift dry ingredients in one bowl
Mix liquids together in separate bowl
Pour liquids into dry ingredients
Mix until moist and lumpy
4 steps to biscuit method of mixing
Sift dry ingredients Cut in fat Add liquid all at once Kneads dough lightly Roll dough to desired thickness
2 advantages to quick breads
Short prep time
Ready to serve
2 disadvantages
Cost more
No standards for grading quality
Tunnels peaked tops are result of?
Over mixing
1 stick of butter=?
1/2 cup
Yeast
Fungus to make bread rise
Knead
Working dough w hands
Mix in butter using what tool?
Pastry cutter
What 2 things does yeast need to activate?
Food- sugar
Warm water
What ingredients causes structure in pie dough
Flour
What fats are used to make pie dough
Butter or shortening
1 stick of butter
8 tablespoons
1/2 cup
1 cup
16 tablespoons
1 tablespoon
3 teaspoons
1/2 cup
8 tablespoons
1 cup
8 oz
Why do we cut slits into
Top of pie
Doesn’t explode
Isn’t liquidy
Not hot
Quick breads we made
Muffins
Cream puffs
Puff pancake
Biscuits
Yeast breads we made
Pizza
Cinnamon rolls
Pie doughs we made
Pie fries
Hand pies
Pumpkin pies
Cookies we made
Sugar Choc chip Snickerdoodle Blondies Bark
6 types of cookies and examples
Bar- blondies Dropped- chocolate chip Refrigerated- sugar cookie Pressed- Rolled- sugar Molded- snicker doodle No bake- bark
Basic steps in cookie making
Cream butter and sugar
Mix dry ingredients
Add dry in little at a time
3 types of cake n
Chiffon- light and fluffy
Unshortened- angel food
Shortened
Cakes vs cupcakes
Size
Cupcakes have a shorter cooking time
3 Safety and sanitation rules
ESSAY
Washing hands -15 seconds -warm water -soap Put up hair -don't get hair in your food No open toed shoes - hot oil could burn - drop a knife
4 kitchen jobs ESSAY
Chef -mixes ingredients -reads recipe - puts food in oven Sou Chef -gathers ingredients -measures -works w chef -brunt work Dishwasher -washes dishes -keeps things clean -dries dishes -dries sink Manager -keeps on task -cleans counter -tastes food