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leavening::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | leaven |
| Type of | imponderable |
his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor.
Examples of leavening
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Cassie Goldbach lends needed comic leavening as Tracy's frank, earthy pal Alley.
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Recommended leavening agents include yeast, eggs, baking powder and baking soda.
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As an Italian American from the East, Ferraro would provide political leavening.
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Flour that does not have a leavening agent is called plain or all-purpose flour.
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It does not puff up during baking because it usually contains no leavening agent.
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The leavening effect is one thing but a practical application is also at work.
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At elevations higher than Denver, you might need to adjust the leavening downward.
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The agents of fermentation, of leavening, of caramelizing are no longer mysteries.
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After a while, without the leavening of irony, one begins, intensely, not to care.
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- A substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
- Raise: cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread"
- An influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"
- A leavening agent (also leavening or leaven) is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that cause a foaming action which lightens and softens the finished product. ...
- The Parable of the Leaven is a short parable told by Jesus in the New Testament, found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke . In both places it immediately follows the Parable of the Mustard Seed, which shares this parable's theme of the Kingdom of Heaven growing from small beginnings.
- Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods; To add a leavening agent; To cause to rise by fermentation; To temper an action or decision
- Yeast: also the process of whipping egg whites that produces air bubbles and causes the rising of baked items
- To add an ingredient, such as yeast, baking powder or baking soda, that adds gas to a dough or batter, causing it to expand, or rise, and lighten the texture of the finished product.
- To use a substance such as baking powder, baking soda or yeast to create the formation of gases within a mixture so that it rises up, resulting in a lighter texture and increased volume when cooked.
