Flour, baking powder/soda, butter/shortening, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients that serve key functions in baking. Flour provides structure, baking powder/soda provide lift, butter/shortening add flavor and tenderness, eggs act as a binder and leavening agent, and sugar adds moisture and texture. Liquids like water, milk, or juice are also necessary to hydrate ingredients and allow chemical reactions for structure and texture development. Each ingredient plays an important role in the baking process.
Flour, baking powder/soda, butter/shortening, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients that serve key functions in baking. Flour provides structure, baking powder/soda provide lift, butter/shortening add flavor and tenderness, eggs act as a binder and leavening agent, and sugar adds moisture and texture. Liquids like water, milk, or juice are also necessary to hydrate ingredients and allow chemical reactions for structure and texture development. Each ingredient plays an important role in the baking process.
Flour, baking powder/soda, butter/shortening, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients that serve key functions in baking. Flour provides structure, baking powder/soda provide lift, butter/shortening add flavor and tenderness, eggs act as a binder and leavening agent, and sugar adds moisture and texture. Liquids like water, milk, or juice are also necessary to hydrate ingredients and allow chemical reactions for structure and texture development. Each ingredient plays an important role in the baking process.
Flour, baking powder/soda, butter/shortening, eggs, and sugar are the main ingredients that serve key functions in baking. Flour provides structure, baking powder/soda provide lift, butter/shortening add flavor and tenderness, eggs act as a binder and leavening agent, and sugar adds moisture and texture. Liquids like water, milk, or juice are also necessary to hydrate ingredients and allow chemical reactions for structure and texture development. Each ingredient plays an important role in the baking process.
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PINOY HENYO
BAKING INGREDIENTS
Purpose and Functions
FLOUR Flour holds ingredients together in baking. When flour protein is combined with moisture and heat, it develops into gluten. Different types of flour have different levels of protein, which are suitable for various baked goods BAKING POWDER Made from cream of tartar and starch, baking powder is leavening agent, which uses your batter to rise. It has a built-in acidic ingredient, so you don’t need to add anything else (unlike with baking soda). BAKING SODA Baking soda is pure sodium bicarbonate, and needs to be paired with an acidic ingredient like honey, chocolate, or yogurt. BUTTER As a solid fat, butter is better suited for baking than any other fat product. Butter in particular adds flavor, with a melting point just below body temperature, which is why some cookies and baked goods tend to “melt in your mouth” CORN STARCH Is usually either a thickener or a binder, but can also be an anti-caking agent. It’s great to use in gluten- free cooking instead of flour to thicken sauces, custards or cake fillings. EGGS Eggs do a lot in baking, but most importantly they’re leavening agent (adding volume), and are binder. You can use the whole egg for flavor, binding, thickening or glazing. You can use the egg whites and egg yolks for separate things. SALT It helps preserve the color and flavor of flour. In bread, it controls of the fermentation rate of yeast and strengthens the gluten protein in dough. SHORTENING Shortening is just 100% solid fat made from vegetable oils. When you use shortening instead of butter in baking, you’ll get a softer and more tender though taller and less flavorful product. SUGAR Sugar adds texture, keeping baked foods soft and moist. It is also a leavening agent though working conjunction with fat, eggs and liquid ingredients. Sugar sweetens by caramelizing in the recipe and adds that crunch to the crusts of cakes and cookies. LIQUIDS Liquids are necessary in baked goods for hydrating protein, starch and leavening agents. When hydration occurs water is absorbed and the chemical changes necessary for structure and texture development can take place. JUICE Juice from citrus or other fruits, may be used as the liquid in a recipe if water is specified. Because fruit juices are acidic, they are probably best used in baked products that have baking soda as an ingredient. MILK Milk contributes water and valuable nutrients to baked goods. It helps browning to occur and adds flavor. WATER Is usually discussed in bread making; taste, chemical composition, and mineral composition of water an affect fermentation in bread baking. Next to flour in baked foods, water is the most important ingredient in baking. Water usually comes from local, drinkable source, providing tap water. upon adding water to a recipe, it hydrates the starch particles, the dough is initially formed, and it begins to hydrate the gluten proteins found in wheat flour, where gluten is formed when