4. capable of acting for oneself or on one's own: a very independent little girl. 5. providing a large unearned sum towards one's support (esp in the phrases independent income, independent means). 6. living on an unearned income. 7. (Mathematics) maths (of a system of equations) not linearly dependent.
Puff pastry. The light, flaky, buttery stuff of apple turnovers, beef Wellington, and, of course, the most epic waffles you'll ever eat. It all starts with an unleavened dough of flour, water, salt, and butter, which is rolled out and spread with fat (usually more butter). It's folded, or laminated in baker's speak, until the paper-thin layers number in the hundredsâhence the classic French mille-feuille, or one-thousand sheets. Yup.
Crusty Rolls. Crusty rolls are made from a very simple dough, usually consisting of just flour, water, salt and yeast. This is called a lean dough, because it contains little or no added fat or rich ingredients; at most, it contains perhaps a bit of oil or milk powder.