leavening
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈlɛvənɪŋ/
- Specialized
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fermento
- We added baking soda as the leavening agent to make the bread rise.
- leavening agent
- flour and leavening
- leavening yeast
So we tried a cake without any leavening whatsoever.
- So we tried a cake without any leavening whatsoever.
Examples
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Mother brought from Jerusalem still continued its leavening in his bakery, like those immortal molecules of albuminous sperm sprayed from generation to generation.
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And so now they use bromine in the leavening, rising process of the bread.
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So we tried a cake without any leavening whatsoever.
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Both types of baking powder produce the same amount of gas, so they are equally effective as leavening agents.
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What is the yeast supposed to use to create the gas used for leavening?
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Just remember to use a rye sour as leavening.
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No leavening needed.
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Most fry bread includes flour, sugar, lard, salt, and a leavening agent.
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The cookies don't spread at all (there's no leavening in the cookie, remember), so you can pack the cookie sheet well.
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Leavening agents like baking powder and baking soda are too wan to carry pumpkin to the lightness a pancake deserves.
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Synonyms
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5.1
A substance that makes dough rise, like yeast
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3.8
An ingredient added to dough or batter to make it rise and become lighter
An ingredient added to dough or batter to make it rise and become lighter
An ingredient added to dough or batter that makes it light and soft by making small bubbles
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.8
An ingredient added to dough or batter to make it rise and become lighter
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Leavening comes from the Latin root lev- which means 'to raise' or 'make light', and you can see the same idea in elevate. So leavening is the ingredient that 'raises' dough and makes bread light.