Week 2 -- Yeast Breads (Lecture)

In lecture this week we learned about yeast breads. I've made bread before but didn't really know a whole lot about the bread-making process. Specifically, I learned a lot that I didn't know about gluten. I didn't realize that fats keep gluten from forming. I thought that was an interesting fact. I also didn't know that there were different bread mixing techniques. The sponge method involves making a "sponge" (a mixture of flour, liquid, and yeast) and letting it sit for a while. For the straight dough method, you pretty much just throw everything in a mixer.