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| baguette |
a long, thin loaf of bread with a crisp crust, made from a basic, wheat flour dough. The baguette has its origins in France. [1/3 definitions] |
| baking powder |
a powder containing sodium bicarbonate and an acidic substance, that serves as a leavening agent in baking by releasing carbon dioxide when mixed with water, thereby causing the dough to rise. |
| beignet |
a square-shaped piece of fried dough topped with powdered sugar, sometimes filled with chocolate, cheese, fruit, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| biscuit |
(chiefly British) a small, thin, crisp, sweet cake baked from stiff dough. [1/4 definitions] |
| breadboard |
a board on which baked bread is cut or on which bread dough is kneaded. [1/2 definitions] |
| calzone |
an Italian dish consisting of a pizza-dough shell filled with meat, cheese, vegetables, or the like. |
| cookie |
a small, sweet, flat or ball-shaped cake baked from stiff dough. [1/4 definitions] |
| cookie cutter |
a simple device with a sharp edge that allows one to easily and repeatedly cut dough in the outline of a particular shape. |
| croissant |
a roll in the shape of a crescent, made of leavened dough or puff pastry. |
| cruller |
a sweet cake made from deep-fried dough, usu. shaped into a ring or twisted into a spiral. |
| crumb |
baked with a covering of crumbled dough made with flour, butter, and sugar. [1/6 definitions] |
| crust |
the baked dough on the outside of baked goods such as bread, pies, or pizza. [1/7 definitions] |
| Danish |
(informal) a light, flaky pastry that is made of raised dough, filled with cheese, fruit, or the like, and usu. drizzled with icing; Danish pastry. [1/3 definitions] |
| Danish pastry |
a light, flaky pastry that is made of raised dough, filled with cheese, fruit, or the like, and usu. drizzled with icing. |
| dough |
a thick mixture of flour or meal and a liquid such as water or milk that is prepared for baking into bread, cookies, or the like. Dough typically also includes some type of oil or fat. [1/3 definitions] |
| doughy |
of or like dough, esp. in being soft and heavy, flabby, pale, or pasty. [1/2 definitions] |
| drop cookie |
a cookie made by dropping dough from a spoon onto the baking sheet, rather than by shaping or rolling it. |
| dumpling |
a lump of boiled dough, often served in soup with stewed meat. [2 definitions] |
| egg roll |
a thin flat square of egg dough that is folded like an envelope around finely chopped raw vegetables and shredded pork or shrimp, and then fried in deep fat. |
| fortune cookie |
a hollow Chinese cookie made from a folded circle of thin dough, containing a slip of paper with a proverb, prediction, or the like. |
| fritter2 |
a piece of fried dough, often containing bits of fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, and shaped into a small cake. |
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