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Ingredients Informaon
Bread our
Bread our has a high gluten content (it
can be also be called high-gluten our
which contains high protein), it has good
elascity and can keep the bread from
collapsing aer rising. As the gluten
content is higher than normal our, it can
be used for making larger sized breads.
Bread our is the most important
ingredient in making bread.
Plain our
Flour that contains no baking powder is
ideal for making express breads.
Whole-wheat our
Whole-wheat our is ground from grain. It
contains wheat skin and gluten. Whole-
wheat our is heavier and contains more
nutrients than common our. The bread
made by whole-wheat our is usually
smaller in size. So many recipes usually
combine the whole-wheat our and bread
our to achieve the best result.
Rye Flour
Rye our is a low gluten our. The loaves
made from rye are close in texture and
very avoursome.
Self-raising our
A type of our that contains baking
powder that is generally used for making
cakes.
Corn our and oatmeal our
Corn our and oatmeal ours are ground
from corn and oatmeal separately. They
are the addive ingredients for making
rough bread, which is used to enhance
the avour and texture of the bread.
Sugar
Sugar is a very important ingredient,
which increases the sweet taste and
colour of the bread. Sugar is also
considered as nourishment for the yeast.
White sugar is largely used but brown
sugar, icing sugar and sweeteners can be
used as alternaves in some recipes.
Egg
Eggs can improve bread texture and
make bread more nourishing and larger
in size. Eggs must be added and mixed in
evenly.
Yeast
Aer the yeasng process begins, the
yeast will produce carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide will expand the bread and
make the inner bre soen. However,
yeast is fast breeding and needs
carbohydrate found in sugar and our as
nourishment.
1 tsp. acve dry yeast = 3/4 tsp. instant
yeast
1.5 tsp. acve dry yeast = 1 tsp. instant
yeast
2 tsp. acve dry yeast = 1.5 tsp. instant