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Why Bread Rises

How yeast turns flour and water into a loaf

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Wren: 27 min · Hollis: 30 min

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Your chapters

  1. The crock on the high shelf

    dough, yeast

  2. A very quiet supper

    starch, enzyme, fermentation, carbon dioxide

  3. Press, fold, turn

    gluten, kneading, proofing

  4. One last big breath

    oven spring, crumb, caramelization, Maillard reaction

  5. Six o'clock on Mill Lane

    the wind-down