Quick bread, biscuit, cookie and pie TEST

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The more that you mix your quick bread ingredients, the more tender and softer the final product will be.

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False

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What makes quick breads different than other breads?

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They use baking soda or baking powder instead of yeast

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What type of leaveners are baking soda and baking powder?

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Chemical Leavener

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When mixing a quick bread batter, is it ok to have some small lumps left?

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True

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When filling muffin tins, you should fill them no more than......full.

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2/3

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Should you use an electric mixer or stand mixer when making quick breads?

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False

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WHAT IS THE BISCUIT MIXING METHOD?

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The biscuit mixing method is the technique used to make biscuits that are fluffy and flaky by reducing gluten development and creating layers in the dough for flakiness.

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What are the two keys to success in making the best biscuits?

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Handling the dough as little as possible and using very cold solid fat and cold liquid.

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What is the purpose of 'cutting in' the fat into the dry ingredients in the Biscuit Mixing Method?

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To coat the flour in fat and distribute solid fat pieces for flakiness

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What should you be careful not to do when stirring the dough together after adding all wet ingredients into the flour butter mixture?

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Over-mix