verb
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To add a leavening agent.
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To cause to rise by fermentation.
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To temper an action or decision.
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To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
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To rise or become larger.
noun
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The process by which something is leavened.
adjective
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Making light by aeration.
noun
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Any organism or substance added to a food product (such as dough or batter) that makes it rise when cooked.
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Examples of leavening in a Sentence
Leavening is what makes baking both a delight and a challenge.
It is because of leavening agents that your cookies, breads, and cakes rise and your pastries are light and flaky.
Leavening comes in several varieties mechanical, biological, and Chemical.
If you are using the creaming method to mix your dough, you are using mechanical leavening.
If you have ever seen a matzo then you know what bread without leavening looks like.
For example, in a cake recipe, eggs act as a leavening agent and help make the sweet treat light and fluffy.
It is made from potato starch, tapioca flour, leavening agents (calcium lactate, calcium carbonate, and citric acid) and a gum derived from cottonseed.
Ener-G Egg Replacer is designed to mimic the leavening and binding characteristics of eggs in baking, but it can be used for nonbaked food items as well.
Leavening - eggs substitute used as a leavening agent makes baked goods light or fluffy.
Most people think of yeast as the leavening agent in breads, pizza dough, and certain pastries.
They do not contain gluten, so you will need to use these flours with other leavening agents and binders such as baking soda or xanthan gum.
When Roy Batty uses the last minutes of his four-year life to save Decker's life, the irony is bitter with no leavening of sweetness.