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  2. Leavening agent - Wikipedia

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    In cooking, a leavening agent (/ ˈ l ɛ v ən ɪ ŋ /) or raising agent, also called a leaven (/ ˈ l ɛ v ən /) or leavener, is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that cause a foaming action (gas bubbles) that lightens and softens the mixture.

  3. What Happens If You Accidentally Swap Baking Soda & Baking ...

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    Just like baking soda and vinegar simulate a volcanic eruption, baking soda interacts with acidic ingredients in doughs and batters to create bubbles of CO 2. But instead of spilling out of a ...

  4. Quick bread - Wikipedia

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    This method cuts solid fat (whether lard, butter, or vegetable shortening) into flour and other dry ingredients using a food processor, pastry blender, or two hand-held forks. [10] The layering from this process gives rise and adds flakiness as the folds of fat melt during baking.

  5. Dough conditioner - Wikipedia

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    A dough conditioner, flour treatment agent, improving agent or bread improver is any ingredient or chemical added to bread dough to strengthen its texture or otherwise improve it in some way. Dough conditioners may include enzymes , yeast nutrients, mineral salts, oxidants and reductants , bleaching agents and emulsifiers . [ 1 ]

  6. Here's the Real Difference Between Baking Soda and Baking ...

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    But you can make your own baking powder: combine 2 tablespoons of baking soda with 1/4 cup of cream of tartar and pass it several times through a sifter. Some cooks believe the DIY baking powder ...

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  8. Batter (cooking) - Wikipedia

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    Batter is a flour mixture with liquid and other ingredients such as sugar, salt, egg, milk and leavening used for cooking. Batters are a pourable consistency that cannot be kneaded. [1] [2] Batter is most often used for pancakes and as a coating for fried foods. It is also used for a variety of batter breads.

  9. Bisquick - Wikipedia

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    According to General Mills, Bisquick was invented in 1930 after one of their top sales executives met an innovative train dining car chef, [1] on a business trip. After the sales executive complimented the chef on his deliciously fresh biscuits, the dining car chef shared that he used a pre-mixed biscuit batter he created consisting of lard, flour, baking powder and salt.