leavening agent
Makes bread rise
A leavening agent is a substance that causes dough or batter to rise by producing gas bubbles.
Baking soda, baking powder, and yeast are common leavening agents.
The gas—usually carbon dioxide—creates air pockets that give baked goods their light, porous texture: Without a leavening agent, the bread would be dense and flat.
Chemical rising agent
- baking sodaSodium bicarbonate powder
- yeastFermenting fungus
- sourdoughWild-yeast bread starter
- cream of tartarPotassium bitartrate for baking
self-rising flour · beaten eggs · whipped cream · buttermilk · quick bread · proofing · breadmaking · panettone
Fermenting fungus
- sourdough starterFermented flour-water culture
- lactobacillusAcid-producing beneficial bacterium
- brewer's yeastFungus that ferments beer
- starter cultureMicroorganisms initiating fermentation
fermentation · proofing · wild yeast · saccharomyces · active dry yeast · instant yeast · fresh yeast · nutritional yeast
baking powder
Chemical rising agent
- baking sodaSodium bicarbonate powder
- yeastFermenting fungus
- sourdoughWild-yeast bread starter
cream of tartar · self-rising flour · beaten eggs · whipped cream · buttermilk · quick bread · proofing · breadmaking · panettone · sponge cake
yeast
Fermenting fungus
- sourdough starterFermented flour-water culture
- lactobacillusAcid-producing beneficial bacterium
- brewer's yeastFungus that ferments beer
starter culture · fermentation · proofing · wild yeast · saccharomyces · active dry yeast · instant yeast · fresh yeast · nutritional yeast · sponge
whisk
Looped wire mixer
whip · fold · cream · beat · incorporate · air pockets · expansion · steam · puff · inflate
fluffy
Soft and light-textured
spongy · puffy · lofty · tender · soft · risen · billowy · elastic · springy · voluminous
- additivesfood coloring, stabilizer, MSG, emulsifier, plasticizers
- cooking agentsbaking powder, baking soda, yeast, active dry yeast, instant yeast
leavening agentdensifier
Agent increasing material compactness
unleavened · binding agent · flatbread · matzo · hardtack
leavening agentbinding agent
Substance that unifies components
thickening agent · stabilizer · emulsifier · gelatin · cornstarch
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