By covering ones bread dough for rising one aids the fermentation process while preventing a tough skin from forming around the ball of dough. Bread requires fermentation... the chemical process of breaking down sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol. Fermentation occurs more rapidly under ideal conditions of warmth and humidity, and putting a covering over your dough will trap in the air and humidity.There are varie methods used to cover bread and different types of dough have different needs. One of the more common methods is to oil the sides of the bowl and cover the bowl with a damp towel or plastic wrap.
The universe is like a rising raisin bread dough for many reasons. It is constantly growing with bumps along the way.
The slits stop the bread from rising too much.
The universe is like a rising raisin bread dough for many reasons. It is constantly growing with bumps along the way.
The universe is like a rising raisin bread dough for many reasons. It is constantly growing with bumps along the way.
When yeast dough rises, the process is called rising or leavening. The first phase of rising, when yeast is dissolved in warm water and sugar until it foams, is called proofing.
Retarding is a second, slower rising of your bread dough. It is done by placing the dough in the refrigerator which causes a slower fermentation, or rise, of the dough. Retarding bread dough is often done overnight when the dough is placed in the refrigerator so that it can be freshly baked in the morning. It is also done to increase the flavor of the bread and to give the crust a darker color when baked.
To allow the bread to rise. During the rising process, the yeast produces gases that form bubbles in the dough, making the dough lighter and "fluffier" than it would be otherwise.
The foaming of the yeast or other rising agent helps the bread to rise. It fills the bread with gases to keep the dough pushed out while baking evaporates the moisture and causes it to harden. By that point, the gases will have evaporated too, and you are left with the hardened dough which is now known as bread.
Yeast is added to bread along with moisture and sugar, and the dough is kept in a moist, warm environment. During this rising time, the yeast consumes the sugar in the dough and release CO2 gas, which is trapped in the dough and causes the dough to rise. When the dough is baked, the yeast is killed, but the bubbles created by the gas remain.
The yeast feeds on carbohydrates in the dough and produces Carbon dioxide gas, this is what causes all the little bubbles that are present in bread and what causes it to "rise." It is left for a while in order for this process to happen and is usually allowed to double in size. Bread with no yeast in it is called "unleaven Bread."
Pot of flour + jug/bucket of water = dough (pick bread dough).
It has to rise, then is worked into product (buns, loaf bread), proof (more rising), then baked.