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History of Baking and Bread Making by Ellala Florendo is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Baking is one of the oldest cooking methods and involves cooking food by dry heat, usually in an oven. Bread has long been a staple in human diets and was already common in prehistoric times. The development of enclosed baking utensils and ovens allowed for thicker baked goods like cakes and loaves. Yeast was discovered as a leavening agent which causes dough to rise through gas production. Egyptians were the first to intentionally use yeast in baking around 2600 BCE and developed various bread varieties an

Author

Ellala Florendo

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