
- 528 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
The guide to understanding and applying food science in the bakeshop-now in a revised and updated 3rd Edition
How Baking Works, 3rd Edition thoroughly covers the entire baking process, emphasizing the "whys" at work behind basic techniques. The book takes the user through the major ingredient groups, explaining how sweeteners, fats, milk, leavening agents, and other ingredients affect the appearance, flavor, and texture of the end product. The coverage also includes scaling and measurements, heat transfer, and sensory properties in baking.
- Includes hands-on exercises and experiments at the end of each chapter to illustrate the sensory properties of ingredients and their impact on baked goods
- Covers variety grains, enzymes, starch structure and gelatinization, and gluten structure, and includes an all-new chapter on baking for health and wellness
- Features end-of-chapter questions that review content and require readers to apply and synthesize what they've learned
- With explanatory photographs to illustrate the science of baking, How Baking Works, 3rd Edition offers a dynamic, hands-on learning experience for both practicing and future bakers and pastry chefs.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Introduction to Baking
- Chapter 2: Heat Transfer
- Chapter 3: Overview of the Baking Process
- Chapter 4: Sensory Properties of Food
- Chapter 5: Wheat Flour
- Chapter 6: Variety Grains and Flours
- Chapter 7: Gluten
- Chapter 8: Sugar and Other Sweeteners
- Chapter 9: Fats, Oils, and Emulsifiers
- Chapter 10: Eggs and Egg Products
- Chapter 11: Leavening Agents
- Chapter 12: Thickening and Gelling Agents
- Chapter 13: Milk and Milk Products
- Chapter 14: Nuts and Seeds
- Chapter 15: Cocoa and Chocolate Products
- Chapter 16: Fruit and Fruit Products
- Chapter 17: Natural and Artificial Flavorings
- Chapter 18: Baking for Health and Wellness
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index