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Definitions of leavening in various dictionaries:
noun - an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
noun - a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
verb - cause to puff up with a leaven
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| Term for any substance that makes dough rise |
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| An agent that causes rising, fermentation, or ferment leaven. |
| A quality or element that permeates and modifies or transforms something for the better. |
| cause (dough or bread) to ferment and rise by adding leaven. |
| permeate and modify or transform (something) for the better. |
| an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something |
| a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
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A leaven , often called a leavening agent (and also known as a raising agent), is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batters that cause a foaming action (gas bubbles) that lightens and softens the mixture. An alternative or supplement to leavening agents is mechanical action by which air is incorporated. Leavening agents can be biological or synthetic chemical compounds. The gas produced is often carbon dioxide, or occasionally hydrogen. * When a dough or batter is mixed, the starch in the flour and the water in the dough form a matrix (often supported further by proteins like gluten or polysaccharides, such as pentosans or xanthan gum). Then the starch gelatinizes and sets, leaving gas bubbles that remain. |