I'm good at making quickbreads, but they are usually a bit "heavy." I
am wondering if using egg white powder would help, and if so, where I
could find some recipes. Basically, I'd like to make an angel food
type of thing. I use coconut oil to grease, along with flour, sugar,
salt, banana, baking powder or soda (with vinegar), and spices/
extracts. If I add egg white, what would happen, and how much is
needed for one "pound cake" size bread?

Thanks.

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> I'm good at making quickbreads, but they are usually a bit "heavy." I
> am wondering if using egg white powder would help, and if so, where I
> could find some recipes. Basically, I'd like to make an angel food
> type of thing. I use coconut oil to grease, along with flour, sugar,
> salt, banana, baking powder or soda (with vinegar), and spices/
> extracts. If I add egg white, what would happen, and how much is
> needed for one "pound cake" size bread?
>

Angel food is way too light for all those heavy ingredients.



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wrote on 22 Feb 2007 in rec.food.cooking

> I'm good at making quickbreads, but they are usually a bit "heavy." I
> am wondering if using egg white powder would help, and if so, where I
> could find some recipes. Basically, I'd like to make an angel food
> type of thing. I use coconut oil to grease, along with flour, sugar,
> salt, banana, baking powder or soda (with vinegar), and spices/
> extracts. If I add egg white, what would happen, and how much is
> needed for one "pound cake" size bread?
>
> Thanks.
>
>

If your quickbreads are heavy it is either too little levening (baking soda
or baking powder) or not getting them into the oven soonest. Or it is a
matter of over stiring.

Forgot to mention I use fruit juice too. I am certainly willing to
replace "heavy" ingredients with the egg white powder, so what I need
is ideas about what to eliminate (and in what amounts, if not all of
it is to be eliminated), and how much egg white powder to use. It
doesn't have to be as fluffy as angel food cake - a cupcake weight is
fine.

Thanks.

On Feb 21, 11:41 pm, wrote:
> I'm good at making quickbreads, but they are usually a bit "heavy." I
> am wondering if using egg white powder would help, and if so, where I
> could find some recipes. Basically, I'd like to make an angel food
> type of thing. I use coconut oil to grease, along with flour, sugar,
> salt, banana, baking powder or soda (with vinegar), and spices/
> extracts. If I add egg white, what would happen, and how much is
> needed for one "pound cake" size bread?
>
> Thanks.

Are you using a recipe, or are you making it up as you go?

On Feb 22, 2:41?am, wrote:
> I'm good at making quickbreads,

Obviously, and by your own admission ("usually", not sometimes, but
"USUALLY"), you're not nearly so good as you think... self praise is
no recommendation.

>but they are usually a bit "heavy."

All things being equal and that you followed a published recipe (not
something you made up) then there is one and only one element that can
cause heaviness in quickbreads... "over mixing".... just about every
quick bread recipe warns not to over mix, but still most do. Quick
bread btters should not be mixed untill everything is blended, there
should be lots of lumps... do NOT mix quick bread batter by machine,
only by hand... a wooden spoon is okay, but literally by hand is best.

Sheldon

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> I'm good at making quickbreads, but they are usually a bit "heavy." I
> am wondering if using egg white powder would help, and if so, where I
> could find some recipes. Basically, I'd like to make an angel food
> type of thing. I use coconut oil to grease, along with flour, sugar,
> salt, banana, baking powder or soda (with vinegar), and spices/
> extracts. If I add egg white, what would happen, and how much is
> needed for one "pound cake" size bread?

Add some bisquick

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Charles
The significant problems we face cannot be solved
at the same level of thinking we were at when we
created them. Albert Einstein

On Feb 22, 2:41 am, wrote:
> I'm good at making quickbreads, but they are usually a bit "heavy." I
> am wondering if using egg white powder would help, and if so, where I
> could find some recipes. Basically, I'd like to make an angel food
> type of thing. I use coconut oil to grease, along with flour, sugar,
> salt, banana, baking powder or soda (with vinegar), and spices/
> extracts. If I add egg white, what would happen, and how much is
> needed for one "pound cake" size bread?

Unless you're planning to whip egg whites into a foam,
you probably will never get something that resembles
angel food. Take a look at a recipe for angel food cake
and compare it with your quick bread recipe. Not much
similarity, so expecting to add egg white powder to a
quick bread and end up with angel food is probably
futile. Perhaps you should start with an angel food cake
recipe and see what flavorings you can add to it.

Oh, and the configuration of the pan is important in getting
that fluffy angel food texture; you can't get it in a loaf pan.

Cindy Hamilton