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How much time and temperature do I add when making 140% of a quick bread recipe?
I agree with FuzzyChef's answer, though I'd emphasize in general that this is often a question as shape as well as volume. A cake that is increased in size but also baked in a wider pan so its ...
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Making bread fast and with few ingredients
A basic flatbread can be made by mixing flour, a little oil (if possible) and just enough water to make it stick together. Salt is often added. No real kneading is needed, just mixing, but a little ...
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How much time and temperature do I add when making 140% of a quick bread recipe?
My cooking club, several years ago, obtained a worksheet from a commercial manufacturer of cake pans, which I've just republished (I can't name the company, but I can share the data). As you can see ...
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Why do we use the term Quick "Bread"?
Cooking terminology is vague and has evolved to suit the avilable ingredients in various places at various times. This means that the categories are not clearly defined. Here are some examples to ...
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Making bread fast and with few ingredients
Your two requirements are somewhat at cross-purpose. The minimal ingredients for a fairly typical bread are flour and water, but then you need to have several days to weeks to establish a working ...
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Why does my banana bread have a moist top?
You've partially answered your own question:
When wrapped in foil, the water contained naturally in the ingredients will re-moisturise the banana bread.
a. To reduce:
don't wrap it
leave it in the ...
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Irish soda bread kneading process
You don't knead soda bread for long, some methods call for no kneading at all. One reason is texture, soda bread should be a bit crumbly, stretchy isn't what you are aiming for. The other reason is to ...
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Why do we use the term Quick "Bread"?
There are many different types of classification, and you can't use classical classification for most things, especially when the concepts have been around for a long time, and spans multiple cultures....
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What provides the acid for leavening in this banana bread recipe?
Most of the ingredients in this recipe are acidic.
ph values:
flour 5.5-6.5
brown sugar slightly acidic
bananas 4.5-5.2
butter 6.1-6.4
The salt is neutral and the eggs are not acidic, ph 7.1-7.9
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Can I replace eggs, oil and water with apple sauce or just eggs?
You can replace any of the three with applesauce, or all of them - with the caveat that it will change the taste and texture of the final product, with more difference from more substitution. You do ...
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How to make cornbread less crumbly?
Two things hold cornbread together:
Egg and gluten.
Gluten forms from the wheat flour interacting with the liquid. In general you don't want too much gluten or the bread will be tough and chewy ...
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Baker's Percentages for Baked Doughnuts?
I'm a big doughnut fan. I've watched a lot of Unique Sweets episodes and it seems that the shops with the best doughnuts usually use a standard brioche recipe as it is rich in flavour, but also yeast ...
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Effects of correcting partially mixed/kneaded dough with flour or liquid
The effect that adding flour or water after initial mixing will vary depending on what you are trying to build. Different techniques leverage different properties of flour, water, and fat and so will ...
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How do intentionally prepare oatmeal which is as sticky and gluey as possible?
This is all about hydration and gelatinization of starch. Similar principles apply to corn and oatmeal, but I'll concentrate on the latter since I'm very familiar with it from making porridge.
Peak ...
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How can I incorporate powdered peanut butter into a boxed banana bread?
Up to the quantity you're considering the effect of adding ground peanuts is likely to be very minor. This may even be true up to around the quantity of the chopped nuts. The extra surface area of nut ...
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How can I incorporate powdered peanut butter into a boxed banana bread?
He's right. It likely would come out with a different consistency. That 1/3 cup of oil and maybe some egg would be partly absorbed by the peanut butter. That will affect the texture.
For a first try: ...
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Do I need to autolyse quick-breads like scones?
Quick breads are not primarily defined by the richness or fat content of the dough, but by the leavening method:
While “regular” bread uses yeast - and has a long resting time, quick breads use baking ...
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Durable loaf pans for quick breads?
You asked for 'durable'. What's wrong with 'proper' traditional pressed steel?
Sure they take a while to season in properly, but after that, they last a lifetime… or two… or three.
I'm still using ...
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Baker's Percentages for Baked Doughnuts?
This is the ratio I am currently using after consulting the internet for recipes, a few experiments and comparing to my normal bread ratio.
Ratio
Bread flour (10) : Full cream milk + Egg (6) : ...
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Can I save time by baking banana bread using the convection setting of my oven?
When you heat something in the oven, a thin layer of vaporized water will settle around the good where it is exposed to air. This thin layer acts as a (minor) insulation. In a convection oven this ...
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What is the best way to store cake?
Yes, cakes will go stale faster in the refrigerator, as will most baked goods with a high starch content.
Staling (as discussed over at Serious Eats) has to do with starch recrystallizing. As Harold ...
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Using decorative loaf pans
If you bake a slightly undersized loaf for the pan, you won't have to trim much off, just enough for it to sit flat - maybe even that wouldn't be needed.
But I'd regard that as a first step - do that ...
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Eggwash/Milkwash on Partially Baked Quickbread?
Arlo, assuming you're talking about relatively dense quickbreads such as zucchini, pumpkin or banana bread or the like, I have not had any trouble with collapsing. I use egg or egg white wash ...
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Why does my banana bread have a moist top?
After it’s cooled part way, cover it in an airtight container
The moisture gets trapped and will make the top sticky and moist
Or cover soon after flipping it out if the pan.
To reduce this, let it ...
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What provides the acid for leavening in this banana bread recipe?
The banana does. Bananas have a pH level of 4-5 making them more acidic than milk.
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How do I make this quick-bread recipe less moist?
Not sure what done is for this; maybe you just need to bake it longer? That should drive out water—though possibly it will cause other problems. But probably it'll be OK since you can grill it.
I ...
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Durable loaf pans for quick breads?
My favorite pans for baking are 100% pure aluminum.
You are right in that they need to be treated in order for the bread to not stick- you can grease and flour them, or as I do, line with parchment ...
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Durable loaf pans for quick breads?
I used to use "bakers secret" ("Grey non-stick silicone based coating" on a steel pan) but my sloth always caught up with me eventually (left too long in the sink they will rust) - once the coating is ...
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Can I save time by baking banana bread using the convection setting of my oven?
Generally, you can either reduce the time by about 15-25% and cook at the same temperature OR reduce the temperature by about 25-50F/12-25C and cook the same amount of time if you are converting a "...
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