Bread

Bread

Any foodstuff made of flour or meal that has been mixed into a dough or batter, and usually with added leavening agent, and then baked.

Industry: Baked goods

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crisp bread

Baked goods; Bread

Of Scandinavian origins, crisp bread is a thin flatbread that has the consistency of a cracker traditionally made from rye flour, though now, wheat flour is also quite common.

viennoiserie

Baked goods; Bread

A cross between baking breads and baking pastries; viennoiserie is the class of light and flaky pastries usually consumed for breakfast and made from a specific method of folding yeast dough.

egg bread

Baked goods; Bread

Egg breads use an additional leavening agent (eggs) to help the dough rise, adds color and enhance richness.

injera

Baked goods; Bread

A type of yeast flatbread that is found in eastern Africa (mainly Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, parts of Sudan and Kenya); slightly spongy in texture and sour in taste, injera is simultaneously a ...

laminated dough

Baked goods; Bread

Dough that consists of a good portion of butter that is used to make most pastries and viennoiseries.

lavosh

Baked goods; Bread

Armenian flatbread that is soft and thin when fresh, but hardens to become cracker-like. The American version flavors it with poppy or sesame seeds.

matza

Baked goods; Bread

Also spelled matzo(h) or matzah, this is an unleavened flatbread with a crispy, cracker-like consistency, traditionally associated with Jews as they eat it during Passover.