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- noun Plural form of
leavening .
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Examples
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To make a biscuit, you need three ingredients: flour, leavenings and fats.
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To make a biscuit, you need three ingredients: flour, leavenings and fats.
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I also leave out leavenings and xanthan gun until baking as I find I like to customize that for most recipes.
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Bakers make a reasonable approximation of raised bread by supplementing rice flour with xanthan or guar gum or other long-chain carbohydrates, which help bind the dough together and retain the gas bubbles produced by yeasts or chemical leavenings.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Baking Soda The most common alkaline component of chemical leavenings is sodium bicarbonate or sodium acid carbonate, NaHCO3, usually called baking soda.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Bakers make a reasonable approximation of raised bread by supplementing rice flour with xanthan or guar gum or other long-chain carbohydrates, which help bind the dough together and retain the gas bubbles produced by yeasts or chemical leavenings.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Nearly all chemical leavenings exploit a reaction between certain acidic and alkaline compounds that results in the production of carbon dioxide, the same gas produced by yeast.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Nearly all chemical leavenings exploit a reaction between certain acidic and alkaline compounds that results in the production of carbon dioxide, the same gas produced by yeast.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Bakers use yeasts or chemical leavenings to fill their products with gas bubbles p.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Chemical leavenings can have adverse effects on both flavor and color.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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