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    Oct 16, 2012, 01:54 PM
    When you knead bread, it becomes warm. From where does this thermal energy come?
    When you knead bread, it becomes warm. From where does this thermal energy come?
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    Oct 16, 2012, 01:57 PM
    It is friction only, from the hands and the kneading action. It isn't thermal.
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    Oct 16, 2012, 02:17 PM
    Yeast does produce a certain amount of heat (thermal energy) as it grows.
    I have never felt it when kneading, however. The dough is already warm from being in a warm place to activate the yeast.
    It's an interesting question how much say 2 teaspoons of dry yeast in a dough would increase the temperature, but there are too many other variables.

    Beer companies do very exact analyses of temperature rise of yeast in liquid.
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