leavening agent

collocation in English

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leavening
noun
uk
/ˈlev.ən.ɪŋ/us
/ˈlev.ən.ɪŋ/
a substance added to a cake, bread, etc. to make it swell and become lighter, especially a chemical powder or ...
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agent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/
a person who acts for or ...
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(Definition ofleaveningandagentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Since hartshorn salt can be difficult to find, many modern recipes use baking powder as theleaveningagent.
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The ingredients include aleaveningagent, usually baking powder, and different proportions of eggs, flour and milk which create a thin batter.
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They are made with baking powder or baking soda as a chemicalleaveningagentrather than yeast.
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Beer bread without aleaveningagentis very sturdy and tends not to lose moisture if it is overcooked.
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Elongated and glazed with sugar, they are made of flour, milk, sugar, oil, eggs and aleaveningagent.
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The dough is made from any combination of wheat, barley and rye; theleaveningagentcan be both yeast and ammonium carbonate.
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Since it readily degrades to gaseous ammonia and carbon dioxide upon heating, it is used as aleaveningagentand also as smelling salt.
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They are usually made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, with baking powder as aleaveningagent, and are baked on sheet pans.
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Most modern bannocks are made with baking powder or baking soda as aleaveningagent, giving them a light and airy texture.
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Water is mixed with flour, salt and theleaveningagent(baker's yeast or sourdough starter).
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It is made from rice flour, white sugar, water, and aleaveningagent.
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Theleaveningagentincorporates gas bubbles into the dough.
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Tunnbrd can be soft or crisp, and comes in many variants depending on choice of grain,leaveningagent(or lack thereof) and rolling pin.
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Self-raising flour may be used because it is a mixture of flour andleaveningagent.
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Ingredients include flour, sugar, salt, ripe banana, pineapple, cinnamon, pecans, vanilla, eggs, andleaveningagent.
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Butter cakes consist of taking the most basic of ingredients - butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and aleaveningagent(baking powder or baking soda) - and transforming them into a baked good.
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Baker's yeast is not useful as aleaveningagentfor rye bread, as rye does not contain enough gluten.
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The bread is made by mixing rye and wheat flour, water, salt, yeast and aleaveningagentinto a dough, which is formed into a round shape.
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Next, the eggs and vanilla extract are added followed by the flour andleaveningagent.
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The flour andleaveningagentare mixed separately and then added.
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