Bread Is Baked:

(1) To kill the yeast plant.

(2) To hydrolize the starch granules.

(3) To soften the cellulose.

(4) To drive off the alcohol, C02, and excess of moisture.

(5) To dextrinize the starch, thus forming a crust of sweet, agreeable flavor.

All bread should be thoroughly baked. If there is any doubt as to its being done, let it continue baking, as long baking makes it wholesome. The oven should be hot enough to turn a piece of paper a light brown in five minutes. After placing the loaf in the oven, increase the heat gradually for ten minutes, then decrease slowly until the end of the baking. The oven should turn a piece of paper a dark brown in five minutes when rolls are to be baked.