WorksheetsLeavening agents
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Yeast is a leavening agent that is ...
alive
dead
powdery chemical
Baking soda is a leavening agent that is ...
alive
dead
a chemical
Baking powder is a leavening agent that is ...
alive
dead
a chemical powder
Leavening agents react with other ingredients in a recipe that creates what gas?
oxygen
nitrogen
carbon dioxide
Leavening agents are "bases" that react with "acid" type ingredients to give breads, cookies, etc, "lift" when they bake.
true
false
What do you have to mix with yeast to make it come alive and give baked goods lift?
warm water
cold water
boiling water
What ingredient do you add to bread dough to "feed" the yeast?
sugar
milk
salt
Why don't you use yeast to make a birthday cake?
It takes longer for yeast to rise and lift cake batter
It takes yeast to little time to lift cake batter
Yeast doesn't taste good in cakes
Why is yeast used to leaven bread dough and baking soda and powder used for cookies and cakes?
Cookies and cakes don't bake long enough for yeast to work
Cookie and cake batter are too dense, bread dough is very thin
Yeast is used in bread dough because it very dense, baking soda and powder is used in cookies & cakes because they are less dense
Yeast uses a biological reaction and baking soda and powder uses a chemical reaction to make carbon dioxide.
true
false
When you use yeast as a leavening agent, most of the "rising" happens ...
Before baking
During baking
After baking
When you use baking soda and powder as a leavening agent, the "rising" happens ...
Before baking
During baking
After baking
