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Why is yeast added to bread dough and the dough covered with a cloth and set aside a few hours after baking?
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∙ 13y ago
The yeast feeds on carbohydrates in the dough and produces Carbon dioxide gas, this is what causes all the little bubbles that are present in bread and what causes it to "rise." It is left for a while in order for this process to happen and is usually allowed to double in size. Bread with no yeast in it is called "unleaven Bread."
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 16y agoAre you asking why the yeast or why the cloth? The yeast consumes the sugars in the dough, creating small holes filled with carbon dioxide, making the bread "raise". The cloth over the dough keeps the surface from drying out and keeps flies and other flying insects from contaminating the dough.
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∙ 11y agoYeast is used as a leavening agent to get the bread to rise and be lighter and fluffier. The yeast feeds on sugar in the dough and releases carbon dioxide gas during the rising phase; this is why baked breads have lots of little holes in the center - these are the carbon dioxide pockets.
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∙ 13y agoTo allow the yeast to rise once before it bakes to rise again. It will give the bread extra lift and lightness.
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∙ 12y agoYeast is used for baking bread because yeast is a type of safe bacterial product which helps the dough to rise.
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∙ 11y agoTo allow the bread to rise. During the rising process, the yeast produces gases that form bubbles in the dough, making the dough lighter and "fluffier" than it would be otherwise.
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Yeast added to bread dough produces gas, and this causes the dough to rise make it to finish bread look like a sponge
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Why is yeast added to bread dough and the dough covered with a cloth and set aside for a few hours before baking?
To allow the bread to rise. During the rising process, the yeast produces gases that form bubbles in the dough, making the dough lighter and "fluffier" than it would be otherwise.
Why is yeast added to bread dough and the dough covered with cloth and left alone for a few hours before baking?
That process is done so as to make d mixture rise b4 baking as it tends to make the bread bigger and contains more carbohydrate
Why is yeast dough set aside before baking?
It has to rise, then is worked into product (buns, loaf bread), proof (more rising), then baked.
Where can one learn to do bread baking?
One can learn to do bread baking online. Some of the useful websites about bread baking are Cooking Light, Sustain Web, Virtuous Bread, Instructables and Epicurious.
Why is the baking temperature for Italian bread higher than that for challah?
Italian bread and challah are produced from very different doughs. Italian bread is basically flour and water with very little if any added sugar or oil. Challah is a rich bread with eggs as well as other ingredients, requiring lower temperature and a longer baking time than Italian bread.
Can I make banana bread with just baking powder alone and not baking soda to?
CCan I use baking powder in banana bread
What does baking powder do in baking bread?
helps it rise? :)
Where can someone find information on baking bread?
The places to find information on baking bread are many. The best place to start would be a local library, which will have books on baking and bread making.
Does the baking soda in soda bread make it cook faster?
The baking soda makes the bread rise.
What baking supply makes bread rise?
A variety of baking supplies - called "leaveners" - make bread rise. Depending on the kind of bread and the type of recipe, one might use yeast, baking soda, or baking powder.
Give three answer the difference between yeast bread an quick bread?
a yeast dough uses yeast and a quick bread uses baking powder or baking soda.
Is baking a bread a reversible change?
Baking bread is an irreversible change; there is no way to unbake bread. The baked bread cannot be converted back to the dough that it was before being baked.
