SC - bread experiment

Philip & Susan Troy troy at asan.com
Sun Dec 20 06:52:03 PST 1998


Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> I thought salt was a leavening agent.  How could it be unleavened bread if it
> had salt?
> 
> Mordonna

Salt isn't a leavening agent as such. While it does aid in lightening
baked goods, leavenings are generally defined as ingredients that either
produce or introduce gas bubbles into a dough: yeast, various egg
products, baking soda with an acid, baking powder, etc.

Adamantius 
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Phil & Susan Troy

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