Baking powder mainly is used to rise the Ultra Fast bread and cake. As it
do not need rise time and produce gas which will form bubble or soften the
texture of bread utilizing chemical principle.
13. Soda
The same principle as above. It can also used in combination with baking
powder.
14. Water and other liquid
Water is essential ingredient for making bread. Generally speaking, water
temperature between 20
0
C and 25
0
C is the most proper. But the water
temperature should be within 45-50
0
C for achieving rising speed for make
Ultra Fast bread. The water may be replaced by fresh milk or water mixed
with 2% milk powder, which may enhance bread flavor and improve crust
color. Some recipes may call for juice for the purpose of enhancing bread
flavor, eg: apple juice, orange juice, lemon juice and so on.
Ingredients weight
One of important step for making good bread is utilizing proper amount of
ingredients.
It is strongly suggest to used measuring cup, measuring spoon to obtain
accurate amount, otherwise the bread will be largely influenced.
1. Weighing liquid ingredients
Water, fresh milk or milk powder solution should be measured with
measuring cups.
Observe the level of the measuring cup with your eyes horizontally.
When you measure cooking oil or other ingredients, clean the measuring
cup thoroughly without any other ingredients.
2. Measure dry powder
Dry powder should be kept in natural and loose conditions, level the cup
mouth gently by blade to ensure accurate measure.
3. Ingredient sequence
The sequence of placing ingredients should be observed, generally
speaking, the sequence is: liquid ingredients, eggs, salt and milk powder etc.
When placing the ingredients, the flour can't be wet by liquid completely.
The yeast can only be placed on the dry flour. Exclusively, yeast can't touch
with salt. After the flour has been kneaded for some time and a beep remind
you to put Fruit ingredients into the mixture. If the fruit ingredients are added
too early the flavor will be diminished after long time mixing. When you use
the delaying function for a long time, never add the perishable ingredients
such as eggs, fruit ingredient.
