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A leavening agent (also leavening or leaven) is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that cause a foaming action which lightens and softens the finished product. The leavening agent—biological, chemical, or even mechanical—reacts with moisture, heat, acidity, or other triggers to produce gas (usually carbon dioxide and sometimes ethanol) that becomes trapped as bubbles within the dough. When a dough or batter is mixed, the starch in the flour mixes with the water in the dough to form a matrix (often supported further by proteins like gluten or other polysaccharides like pentosans or xanthan gum), then gelatinizes and "sets"; the holes left by the gas bubbles remain. Microorganisms that release carbon dioxide as part of their life cycle can be used to leaven products. Varieties of yeast are most often used, particularly Saccharomyces species (i.e. baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)), though some recipes also rely on certain bacteria. Yeast leaves behind waste byproducts (particularly ethanol and some autolysis products) that contribute to the distinctive flavor of yeast breads. In sourdough breads, the flavor is further enhanced by various lactic acid bacteria (lactobacilli) or acetic acid bacteria (acetobacilli). Leavening with yeast is a process based on fermentation, biologically changing the chemistry of the dough or batter as the yeast works. Unlike chemical leavening, which usually activates as soon as the water combines the acid and base chemicals, yeast leavening requires proofing, which allows the yeast time to reproduce and consume carbohydrates in the flour. Yeast can also be used to make alcoholic beverages like beer or wine. The resulting cast-off yeast, known as barm, can be used as a leavener and was probably ancestral to the use of modern pure-cultured yeast.
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1. CHIP critical ingredient in nation?s recipe for health care
October 02, 2009
You want to bake a cake. You mix all of the ingredients together, pour the batter in the pan and place it in the oven. Thirty-some minutes later, you come back to the oven expecting to find a delicious cake.
Instead, you find a flat mess.
A quick review of ingredients reveals one missing ? baking powder, the leavening agent. And without that ingredient, the recipe just doesn?t work.
Sometimes that?s all it takes, one missing piece and the whole thing doesn?t work.
That?s how we feel about any health-care reform bill without a provision for the Children?s Health Insurance Pr... (read more)
Author: Health Insurance
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2. Leavening Agent For Bread
April 24, 2009
As has been pointed out, the ingredients that are actually required in the making of hot breads are flour, liquid, salt, and leavening, and to give variety to breads of this kind, numerous other materials, including sugar, shortening, eggs, fruit, nuts, etc., are often added. With the exception of leavening agents, none of these ingredients requires special attention at present; however, the instruction that is given in Bread regarding flour should be kept in mind, as should also the fact that all the materials for hot breads should be of the best quality that can be obtained.
As is know... (read more)
Author: Jennifer Skipp
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3. Chemical Leavening Agent For Bread
April 16, 2009
CHEMICAL LEAVENING is brought about by the action of gas produced by an acid and an alkali. All chemical leavening agents are Similar in their action, and they are composed of an acid and an alkali. When an acid and an alkali are brought together in the presence of moisture and heat, the result is the rapid production of carbon dioxide, a gas that expands on being heated, just as all other gases do. In expanding, the gas pushes up the batters or doughs, and these, when baked, set, or harden, into porous shapes. In addition to forming the gas, the acid and the alkali produce a salt that remains... (read more)
Author: Jackson Sloat
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4. All About Eating Bread
April 16, 2009
BREAD is sometimes defined as any form of baked flour, but as the word is commonly understood it means only those forms of baked flour which contain some leavening substance that produces fermentation. The making of bread has come down through the ages from the simplest methods practiced by the most primitive peoples to the more elaborate processes of the present day. In truth, to study the history of bread making would amount to studying the accounts of the progress that has been made by the human race. Still, in order that the production of bread from suitable ingredients may be fully unders... (read more)
Author: Jackson Sloat
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5. Cakes: The Most Opted Dessert of All Time
February 09, 2009
Cakes: The Most Opted Dessert of All Time
Cakes are generally sweet and baked desserts. The typical ingredients used to make cakes include flour, a sweetener (usually sugar), fats (usually margarine or butter), a binding agent (usually egg), a leavening agent (i.e. baking powder or yeast), liquid (usually milk or water), and flavors.
Cakes are often the preferred dessert at a reception during ceremonial or formal events such as weddings and anniversaries but, for almost everybody, any occasion is best celebrated with cakes whether its birthdays, graduation days, Christmas and etceter... (read more)
Author: Corrie Duana
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6. Baking 101 - Measure it Right!
December 11, 2008
You’ve probably heard the saying ’If cooking is an art, then baking is a science’. This is most certainly true. When cooking a savory dish, you can usually add an extra ingredient here or there, change ingredient measurements or even completely leave an ingredient out without causing a major problem with the resulting dish. But, baking recipes are carefully formulated equations that depend on exact combinations of flour, liquid, leavening agents, fats, sugars, and flavors. Baking is more precise than cooking and precise measurements are vital to the recipe’s success. So, learning to measure in... (read more)
Author: Mary Kenkel
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7. Bread:The Good Old, Yummy Bread
November 03, 2008
Bread is one of the oldest and popular prepared foods. Bread is a word commonly used for necessities. For e.g. people say that they work for bread and butter. It always meant to be something that is essential for living. It is a nutritious food that is prepared by baking dough of flour and water. The main ingredients of bread are salt, fat and leavening agent such as yeast. There are usually some other ingredients like egg, milk, sugar onions, nuts, seeds, spices, or fruits which makes the bread tastier and healthier. From the time immemorial this food called bread is very popular and special... (read more)
Author: Dev Saras
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8. Bread: The Good Old, Yummy Bread
October 24, 2008
Bread is one of the oldest and popular prepared foods. Bread is a word commonly used for necessities. For e.g. people say that they work for bread and butter. It always meant to be something that is essential for living. It is a nutritious food that is prepared by baking dough of flour and water. The main ingredients of bread are salt, fat and leavening agent such as yeast. There are usually some other ingredients like egg, milk, sugar onions, nuts, seeds, spices, or fruits which makes the bread tastier and healthier. From the time immemorial this food called bread is very popular and special... (read more)
Author: Dev Saras
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9. Low-Calorie Recipes For Weight Loss
September 26, 2008
Idlis (different version)
Idlis are considered a great low-calorie health diet because there is virtually no use of oil and the idlis are steamed. Typically, idlis are made from washed urad dal, but this particular version also includes green grams (moong dal), which is a rich source of iron and easy to digest.
Ingredients
1 cup rice
1 cup washed moong dal (yellow in colour)
3/4 cup urad dal (white)
Salt to taste
1 tsp soda bicarb or leavening agent (you can also use yeast)
1 tbsp oil (for greasing the moulds)
Preparation
Soak the dals and rice... (read more)
Author: Francis Adam
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10. What Is Yeast Infection
August 15, 2008
A lot of people have mistaken yeast infection to be caused by yeast that is found on breads. While the bacteria that causes a yeast infection in human maybe from similar family as those used as leavening agent in baking bread, the particular type of yeast that causes distress to a large portion of the world population world wide is identified as Candida albicans.
Yeasts are a kind of unicellular microorganisms classified in the Fungi family. Roughly 1500 species are identified and each have their own characteristic with some of use to us and some are just trouble-causing microorganisms. ... (read more)
Author: Julia Aidan
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11. Bread - Essential Piece of our Daily Meals
July 05, 2008
Breads are baked food prepared by bakers after baking dough of flour and water. Humans are eating different kinds of breads since long time. There are various classifications of bread and the process of making them is also different. However, one thing is universally true that Breads have become an integral part of meals all over the world.
Ingredients
Wheat flour and water are two essential ingredients for making breads. Salt, fat and a leavening agent are common ingredients, whereas different variants of breads may also contain other ingredients like milk, spices, vegetables, nuts,... (read more)
Author: artimexbakery@gmail.com artimexbakery@gmail.com
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12. Pimples and Acne home remedies
November 02, 2007
Baking soda is a chemical compound called sodium bicarbonate. It is crystalline fine powder found nearly in every kitchen and used for leavening the food items such as cake. Garlic has been used successfully to cure acne. Rub with raw garlic several times a day. Garlic is known to have cured the toughest of acne problem. The external use of garlic helps to clear the skin of spots, pimples and boils. Acne can further be cured by eating three seeds of raw garlic once daily for a month. This purifies the blood stream and ensures basic cleansing of blood keeping acne away. Fenugreek is another... (read more)
Author: Rachel Broune
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13. Tantra VI
October 22, 2006
The Law of the Mount
The Tantric lives on the Mount & fulfills the Law of the Mount. Therefore comes to him Wisdom, Grace and sovereign power, transcending anything his uninitiated fellowmen can yet conceive. His standards are high; aesthetic, moral & ethical. He is there to see that the world does not fall into greater corruption than its present state.
Initiates are the salt of the earth, the light of the world because without their leavening presence, the world would sink into greater corruption than it at present suffers. It is his Wisdom and knowledge which balances the evil an... (read more)
Author: Govind Kumar
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