The Role of Fats in Bread Making | Butter, Olive Oil, Shortening

Bread really only needs 4 ingredients: flour, water, salt, and yeast. But in bread recipes almost everywhere, you'll find that fat is treated like a ubiquitous 5th ingredient. Whether it's in the form of butter, shortening, or oil, it seems to be very important in getting soft and fluffy bread.
Why is that? What does fat do in bread making? How do we make the best use of it and what are some things to pay attention to?
Find out more in the video!
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Chapters
0:28 The Fifth Necessary Ingredient
1:48 Dough with Fat
3:07 Olive Oil
3:29 Butter
3:51 Shortening
4:17 Eggs
4:48 How to use fats effectively in our baking