Common Baking Terms

1. Pour a food through a sieve to remove lumps or large pieces
2. Break a food into small pieces with your hands
5. Cover a food with an even layer of a sauce or spread
6. Quickly mix liquids so they become frothy or foamy
7. Blend a food so that it becomes a smooth liquid
9. Leaving a food at room temperature or over a low heat so that it becomes squishy
10. Cover a food in a small amount of liquid
11. Stir a food quickly to make it smooth
13. Rolling and pressing a ball of dough so that it becomes smooth
15. Putting the whites and yolks (yellow) of an egg in 2 separate bowls but moving the yolk from one shell to another and letting the whites fall into a bowl
16. Pour a small amount of a liquid over a food

1. Pour small pieces of a food (e.g., spices) onto another food
3. Cover a food with an even layer of a sauce or spread using a brush
4. Soak a food in a liquid so that the food picks up the flavour from the liquid
7. Heat up a stove or oven to a specific temperature before you want to use it
8. Keep a food at room temperature, in the fridge, or in the freezer so that it loses heat
10. Cover a food or pan with an oil or fat
11. Cook a food by putting it in the oven
12. in Gently mix ingredients together without stirring by lifting the mixture with a spatula and placing onto itself
14. Stir a liquid quickly (with a whisk, e.g., eggs or cream)
17. Cover a pan with a piece of aluminum foil or parchment paper