Culinary Skills & Methods

The method in baking when you stir the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients only until moistened is called...

• biscuit method

• muffin method

• kneading

• cutting in

The method when you cut the fat into the dry ingredients is called...

• the biscuit method

• the muffin method

• over mixing

• lumpy method

When you knead dough you are lengthening the ________ strands which makes the finished product like bread.

• biscuit

• sugar

• gluten

• yeast

Click on the two recipes we have made that used the biscuit method:

• biscuits

• muffins

• cinnamon rolls

• pie crust

Click on the two recipes where we used yeast and kneaded the dough.

• biscuits

• muffins

• cinnamon rolls

• pizza crust

Even though pasta does not contain yeast; kneading the dough is what will __________________ the gluten strands and makes it all stick together.

• shorten

• lengthen

• straighten

• elastic

An ingredient that makes a baked good rise is called a:

• muffin method

• leavening agent

• flavor enhancer

• sweetener

Click on the leavening agents:

• yeast

• baking powder

• salt

• baking soda

• sugar

What is the function of flour in a baked good?

• Provides structure

• Holds product together

• sweetens it

• enhances the flavor

What does salt do to a baked good?

• Provides structure

• Enhances flavor

• Sweetens it

• Holds it together