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Oven spring

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In culinary arts & cooking, oven spring means: The rapid expansion of bread dough early in baking before its structure sets.

In Turkish: fırındaki ilk hacim artışı

How it is used

Used to describe loaf development in the oven, not its earlier rise.

Example sentences

  1. The loaf showed strong oven spring in the first part of baking.

    The volume increase occurs after the loaf enters the oven.

  2. Weak oven spring left this loaf lower than expected.

    The term links early baking expansion with the final loaf profile.

Common collocations

  • good oven spring
  • improve oven spring
  • ovenAn enclosed, heated box used for baking, roasting and keeping food warm. Professional kitchens use deck, convection and combi ovens.
  • bakeTo cook food with dry heat in an oven, especially bread, cakes, pastry, biscuits and dishes covered with a crust or sauce.

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