leavened bread
Dough with yeast
Leavened bread is bread made with a rising agent such as yeast or baking powder, which causes the dough to expand and become light and airy when baked.
This distinguishes it from unleavened bread, which is flat and dense.
Most everyday breads—sandwich loaves, baguettes, rolls—are leavened.
The term appears most often in religious contexts, where the distinction between leavened and unleavened bread carries ritual significance, as in Jewish Passover observances.
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- yeastFermenting fungus
- baking powderChemical rising agent
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