Baking Word Search
Baking depends on exact amounts, since a small change in flour or leavening shows up in the finished loaf. Measuring, mixing, proofing and cooling each come with their own tools and their own words.
Baking word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- batter
- butter
- dough
- eggs
- flour
- mixer
- oven
- recipe
- sugar
- whisk
Baking word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- batter
- butter
- dough
- eggs
- flour
- knead
- measure
- mixer
- oven
- recipe
- sift
- spatula
- sugar
- whisk
- yeast
Baking word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- baking pan
- batter
- butter
- cocoa
- dough
- eggs
- flour
- frosting
- knead
- measure
- mixer
- oven
- recipe
- rolling pin
- sift
- spatula
- sugar
- vanilla
- whisk
- yeast
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Words in the Baking word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- oven
- The enclosed box that bakes food with dry heat
- flour
- Ground grain that gives baked goods their structure
- sugar
- A sweetener that also helps browning and keeps cake moist
- butter
- Churned cream that adds fat, flavor and tenderness
- eggs
- They bind ingredients, add moisture and help batter rise
- mixer
- A machine that beats batter faster than a spoon
- batter
- A pourable mixture of flour, liquid and other ingredients
- dough
- A thick mixture stiff enough to handle and shape
- recipe
- Written instructions listing amounts and steps in order
- whisk
- A wire tool used to beat air into liquids
- yeast
- A tiny living organism that makes bread dough rise
- spatula
- A flat flexible tool for scraping bowls and spreading
- measure
- To check exact amounts using cups or a scale
- sift
- To push flour through mesh so lumps break up
- knead
- To press and fold dough so it turns stretchy
- frosting
- A sweet spread covering cakes and cookies
- rolling pin
- A heavy cylinder that flattens dough evenly
- baking pan
- A metal dish that holds batter inside the oven
- vanilla
- A flavoring made from cured pods of a climbing orchid
- cocoa
- Cacao powder that gives chocolate flavor and dark color
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