To prevent crust from becoming soggy with cream pie, sprinkle the crust with powdered sugar.
When making custard type pies, bake at a high temperature for about ten minutes to prevent a soggy crust. Then finish baking at a low temperature.
In the middle of cooking a dish that calls for buttermilk and you don’t have any? Add 1 teaspoon of vinegar to 1 cup of fresh milk, let sour.
Nuts and seeds, shelled or unshelled, keep best and longest in the freezer. Nuts in the shell crack more easily when frozen. Nuts and seed can be used directly from the freezer.
For a smart Cookie…
The Holidays are approaching so dig out your cookie cutters and dust off the rolling pin, and get baking.
Tips for turning a ball of dough into fun cookie shapes.
Chill cookie dough to make it easier to roll, cut and transfer to baking sheets.
Roll with care. Gently flatten the cookie dough in a disk with your palms.
Dip cookie cutters in flour and use a thin-floured spatula to transfer cutouts to a cookie sheet.
Pop cookie sheet in the fridge for a few minutes so cutouts won’t lose their shape during baking.
Want to make crispy bacon without the mess of frying? The simplest and easiest way to do it is to bake bacon in the oven.
Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil
Do not preheat the oven
Place bacon on the lined sheet
Bake in a 400 degree oven
Let bacon cook for 17 – 20 minutes
The length of time will depend on your oven and the thickness of the bacon.
Remove bacon and place on a plate lined with paper towels.
Reserve bacon drippings in a heat resistant container to use for other dishes.
Until recently I had never done a lot of baking but I really am enjoying it. I am always looking for tips to help me with my baking. My friend Sheila has given me tips and has helped me a lot. Here are few tips that I have found to be helpful when baking.
Have all ingredients at room temperature for best results.
Use cocoa instead of flour for dusting a greased pan when making a chocolate cake.
Toss nuts, raisins and chopped fruits in flour first. This will help keep them suspended in batters.
When cooking vegetables, remember to boil vegetables that grow above ground without a cover. Vegetables that grow under ground, cover while cooking.
Tip of the Day- When baking bread a small dish of water in the oven will help to keep the crust from getting too hard or brown.
I can’t stand having to throw out food. groceries prices are ridiculously high and there are so many people who don’t have anything to eat. I try to find ways to help me from having to trash food.
Tip of the Day – Banana’s that have darkened can be peeled and frozen in a plastic container until it is time to bake bread or cake.
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