Creating Crumb

is for curious bakers and anyone who likes getting down to details.

In this edition, we take a deep dive into the chemistry of baking! We lay out the basics of mechanical and chemical leavening, provide simple explanations for the more complex reactions that happen during a bake, and describe how various kinds of leavening work in doughs and batters.

This zine comes with two inserts:

Baking Yeast Conversions

Bread Recipe for 4 Yeasts

Resources:

Janssens, Hillary, Kim, Lisa, Lee, Icel, Salehzadeh, Melody. 2016. Effect of varying temperature on the rate of CO2 production in baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae [online]. The Expedition, vol. 5. Open Journal Systems.