Archive Category: 'Baking Tips'

• 25 Cooking & Baking Tips – Timeless Wisdom Collection: These tips for cooking and baking are from a large collection of tips I’ve gathered together from a variety of books and magazines from the 1940s and 1950s…most of these are quite unique I think since I don’t recall coming across them before. 25 Cooking & Baking Tips Sift flour as it is being emptied into the [...]
• 50 Quick Tips For The Kitchen: Strawberry Tip: Wash freshly picked strawberries & then take a wide plastic straw and insert it at the bottom of a strawberry–then push the stem out. This was previously published as a feature tip on Tipnut for Ask Your Neighbor – Helpful Household Tips. Measuring Tip: Rinse measuring cup in hot water before using syrup, oil, [...]
• How To Measure Flour: Today’s feature is from Cafe Fernando with How to Measure Flour, yes there is a technique to this for best results in baking: When I developed an interest in baking, one of the many things that confused me was how to measure flour. Instead of weighing the flour, most cookbooks I bought were instructing to measure [...]
• 45 Cooking & Baking Tips: A Collection Of Timeless Wisdom: Here’s a handy list of cooking and baking tips from the 1950s and 1960s that I’ve collected from a variety of vintage clippings. Each of the tips are from magazine articles or newspaper advice columns containing helpful ideas sent in from women sharing their tips with each other. I consider these tips as timeless wisdom, [...]
• Fruitcake Baking Tips: Tis the season for fruitcakes, here are a few tips I’ve collected to help achieve the best results possible: Fruitcake Baking Tips Completely dust the fruit and nuts with flour so they doesn’t fall to the bottom of the batter while baking. Shake off excess flour before mixing in the recipe. Oven temperature should be low enough to [...]
• 43 Cake Baking Tips & Tricks: Here is a large assortment of tips I’ve accumulated over the years. Different recipes will provide different results, but overall I’ve found the tips do noticeably improve most cake recipes or make baking cakes and working with them easier. Some recipes success depend on a specific ingredient or action. If one of these tips contradicts your recipe, [...]
• Homemade Candy Making Tips: Prevent Crystals: First butter the sides of the saucepan before adding the ingredients. When the mixture starts boiling and bubbling up, the grains of sugar can’t cling. Saucepan Choice: Use a heavy saucepan that has high sides and the inside is smooth. Stir: Always stir until the sugar is dissolved. One sugar crystal can cause the whole [...]
• How to Make a Lattice Top Pie Crust: Today’s feature is from Simply Recipes with beautiful photographed and detailed instructions on How to Make a Lattice Top for a Pie Crust: A woven lattice pie crust can make a homemade pie look so pretty. As intimidating as it might look to the non-weavers among us, weaving a lattice pie crust top is actually quite [...]
• How To Make Homemade Bread Plus Recipe: White Bread Recipe Yield: 4 loaves Ingredients 2 cups milk 2 cups water 2 pkg. active dry yeast OR 2 compressed yeast cakes 1 TBS salt 4 TBS sugar 4 TBS shortening or oil About 12 cups sifted flour *Note — You may make this white bread recipe with less yeast, if longer rising periods are allowed. Use 1 pkg. dry yeast or 1 yeast [...]
• Tips on Baking Homemade Breads: There are two main types of yeast: Active Dry Yeast: Can be kept without refrigeration; note expiration date on package to ensure best results. This yeast is usually added to the part of the liquid in the recipe and allowed to stand before adding to the other liquid mixture. The liquid must be at 110° – [...]
• Homemade Non-Stick Spray Recipes: Simple & Easy Cooking Spray Fill a pump spray bottle with olive oil or vegetable oil and use as you would commercial non-stick spray products. Homemade Non-Stick Spray 1/2 cup vegetable or olive oil 4 TBS liquid lecithin (found at health food stores) Mix ingredients well and store in a pump spray bottle. Recipe can be made in batches [...]
• Recipe Ingredient Substitutions & Equivalents Chart: Continuing with last week’s first attempt at providing a series of free downloadable kitchen charts, here is one for recipe ingredient substitutions. Ingredient substitutions are mainly used when baking or cooking dishes and you realize at the last minute you’re out of stock of the necessary food item. There may be a taste or texture change [...]
• Substitute For Whipped Cream Recipe & More: Whipped Cream Substitute 2 large ripe bananas, sliced 3 tsp sugar 2 egg whites Directions: Whip all ingredients together just like you would regular cream. Add some flavoring if you like. Flavoring Ideas: Almond Extract Vanilla Extract Flavored Liqueur Brandy or Rum Lemon or Orange Zest Instant Coffee Sifted Cocoa Cinnamon Real Whipped Cream Recipe 1 tsp gelatin 4 tsp water Combine the above until thick; Microwave 25 to 30 seconds until clear; [...]
• Kitchen Measurements Equivalent Conversion Chart: Here is a printable copy of a recipe measurements equivalent and conversions chart that I designed to have at my fingertips when baking and cooking in the kitchen. There are Liquid Measures equivalents, Dry Measures, U.S. to Canadian, Recipe Abbreviations, Oven Temperatures, Fahrenheit to Celsius oven temps, and a bit more. Some of the numbers were [...]
• Why a Cake Fails: Humped Cake The oven was too hot when baking started Too much flour used Dark Bottom Pan too deep or too large, keeps top from browning Dark pans absorb too much heat, place on higher oven rack (same with pyrex) Pan was warped which caused uneven browning Cracked Cake Temperature too high Too much flour Too much baking powder Fallen Cake Temperature too low Peeked while baking Removed from [...]