Action Baking Words

Cream

• to combine sugar and fat until smooth. Often the first step in cookies.

• to heat the oven to temperature before use

• - to add air into a mixture while making it smooth

• to cut the surface lightly with straight lines, as with French bread

Mix

• to gently lift and turn over food with your wrist

• to combine ingredients in a was that causes an even distribution of ingredients

• This one

• to cut the surface lightly with straight lines, as with French bread

Grease

• to activate yeast by working dough with your hands

• Pick me, Choose me, Love me

• to add an ingredient a little at a time

• to coat a pan with a thin layer of fat so food does not stick

Fold-in

• to gently lift and turn over food with your wrist

• to combine flour and fat until small pieces are formed

• to combine ingredients in a was that causes an even distribution of ingredients

• to add air into a mixture while making it smooth

Beat

• to coat a pan with a thin layer of fat so food does not stick

• to add an ingredient a little at a time

• to scrape off the outer peel of a citrus fruit to use as flavoring

• to add air into a mixture while making it smooth

Whisk

• to heat the oven to temperature before use

• to gently lift and turn over food with your wrist

• to stir with a light rapid motion

• to activate yeast by working dough with your hands

Cut-in

• to combine flour and fat until small pieces are formed

• to add air into a mixture while making it smooth

• to coat a pan with a thin layer of fat so food does not stick

• to add an ingredient a little at a time

Knead

• to gently lift and turn over food with your wrist

• to activate yeast by working dough with your hands

• to scrape off the outer peel of a citrus fruit to use as flavoring

• to combine ingredients in a was that causes an even distribution of ingredients

Preheat

• to coat a pan with a thin layer of fat so food does not stick

• all of the above

• to cook in an oven with a slow, even heat

• to heat the oven to temperature before use

Bake

• to cook in an oven with a slow, even heat

• to cut the surface lightly with straight lines, as with French bread

• to stir with a light rapid motion

• to add air into a mixture while making it smooth