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Baking Tips Recipe

	Cheryilyn / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago This list came from Ron Douglas from RecipeSecrets Servings:1	Cheryilyn
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Ingredients

BAKING TIPS

To add a Southwest accent to your brownies, unwrap and cut up 12 caramel candies. Sprinkle these on top of the batter in the pan before baking the brownies.

If you've had baking powder or soda for a time, you can check to see if it still has leavening power by adding a small amount to a bit of very hot water. If it bubbles and fizzes, then it's still good.

When adding nuts to a batter, do so at the very last moment and the nuts will have a crispier texture.

Use only the colored portions of citrus skins, since the white pith is bitter.

If you're chopping nuts in a food processor, use a portion of the sugar or flour specified in the recipe. It will keep the nuts from sticking together from their oils.

All nuts taste better if they are roasted in an oven set at 350º F for 5 to 7 minutes to crisp and release their fragrant oils.

If you're out of baking powder, mix 1/2 baking soda and 1/2 cream of tartar.

Mixing chopped nuts, dried fruit, or other additions with a little of the flour called for in the recipe will keep them from sinking to the bottom as they bake.

Raisins and other dried fruits are better if plumped before they are added to a dough or batter. Pour boiling water over the dried fruit and soak for 30 minutes. Then drain and blot well on Bounty paper towels.

If using glass baking pans instead of metal ones, reduce the oven temperature by 25º F.

Shiny metal pans reflect heat, so foods are tender with a light brown crust. Dark metal or enamel pans absorb heat so foods brown more quickly and develop a crust.

Nonstick cookie sheets should be light colored, or cookies may brown too much on the bottom.

Allow at least 1 inch between pans so that they don't touch in the oven. Also, allow at least 1 inch between the pans and the wall of the oven.

Directions

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Comments

peetabear 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Great post.. can use all the tips I can get.LOL

wynnebaer 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Great post Cherlyn, thanks for taking the time...:)

shirleyoma 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Great info, got my 5

henrie 1 year, 9 months ago said:
You sure got my 5 on this post also, I learned something. Thanks so much for the handy information. God Bless, have a great weekend!

jenniferbyrdez 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Thanks hon.

grandmacooks 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Great tips!

mrsraut 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Thanks a lot!!

raelene1951 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Thanks soooooo much!

whuebl 1 year, 5 months ago said:
Cool, thanks! The baked nuts idea is a great one since it is so easy to burn the durn things in a frying pan.

dutchie326 1 year ago said:
Here is another one...tip for making pie crust. Divide your dough for each crust you want to make. Make it into a ball and put it in a large (gal) size ziplock bag. Put it in the fridge for 30 min. Remove and cut sides. Roll out pie dough while in the bag. Turn a pie pan upside down. Put pie crust over it then place the pan you are going to use over it and turn them right side up. Remove the top pan and your pie crust will be neatly in the bottom one.

dutchie326 1 year ago said:
Got a five from me too. Thanks so much.

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