leavening

Example Sentences

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The natural leavening gives them a lighter, crispier crust and an airy, mildly tangy crumb.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

They are also what make it rise in the absence of other leavening agents.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2024

Attending nuns push not gurneys but shopping carts, leavening the tragic with the mundane.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022

But I do depart from my standard in one major way: Swirled brownies need leavening.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

Made without salt, spices, leavening, or preservatives, masa must be cooked within a few hours of being ground, and the tortilla should be eaten soon after it is cooked.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann