MIXING METHODS AND THEIR PURPOSES

摘要

Baking is chemistry, and the key to success for any baker is an understanding of the principles that make baking work. In How Baking Works, Third Edition, author Paula Figoni thoroughly covers the entire baking process. She takes the user through the major ingredient groups, explaining how sweeteners, fats, milk, leavening agents and other ingredients affect the appearance, flavor and texture of the end product, emphasizing the'whys'at work behind basic techniques. Here she explains some of the reasons and results of various methods of mixing.. .and why water is so important.