The following are five tips to consider when making your own homemade quick bread:
1. When you tackle a recipe that contains
baking soda, remember to get it into the oven soon after you mix the
ingredients. If you wait beyond an hour the baking soda loses its punch. Baking
soda starts to work as soon as you mix the wet and dry ingredients together. If
your recipe calls for baking powder you can let it sit for a quarter of an hour
or so at room temperature before getting it into the oven. This will improve
the texture and flavour a bit. 2. Use plain (unbleached all-purpose) flour
for your quick breads. This promotes the best texture for your favourite
recipe. 3. Understand the 3 ways to create a quick
bread batter. Follow your recipe instructions as they will indicate the method. One is the 'Muffin
Method'. With this method the dry ingredients are mixed together separately
from the wet ingredients. You mix the wet ingredients together well in a
separate bowl. You then combine the separate mixtures together to form your
luscious quick bread batter. The second method is
the 'Creaming Method'. With this method you beat the egg, fat, and sugar
together. You then add the rest of the dry ingredients. This method creates a
finer-textured loaf. Again, follow your particular recipe as the method has to
fit the specific type of quick bread or muffin you are baking. The third method is a
'Cold Method' for lack of a better term. Here, you put icy cold solid fat into
your mixture of dry ingredients. You can cut this cold fat into pieces or
chunks or manipulate it by rubbing it into the dry ingredients. This fat breaks
down into a coarse crumb-like texture. Next, you add cold liquid. Do this all
at once and stir the mixture to produce a clump that sort of holds together
just enough. This method produces a flakier texture common to biscuits/scones. 4. Test your quick bread using a cake tester or something similar to ensure it's baked all the way through. 5. For easy slicing, use a sharp knife with
serrations and make sure the bread is completely cooled.
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