![]() ![]() The beauty of these visual cues is they teach you to use your senses and recognize when something is sufficiently baked, ready to serve or risen enough for next steps. For anything in the oven, I always set my timer for 5-10 minutes less than the recipe instructions, so I can check in before it’s too late. You may have to beat egg whites for more than 3 minutes to get soft peaks or bake a pie less than 50 minutes to get a golden (vs burnt) crust. ![]() Your oven, the size/material of a pan, small whisk or big whisk, the humidity in the air, can all affect an outcome. Trust the baking indicatorsīack to the baking indicators! Please don’t just set your timer for the exact time the recipe tells you and walk away (or like my son, walk away and never return). It will give baking indicators as well as time, (’til golden, ‘til glossy, ‘til doubled) since not all ovens heat the same and people mix, whip and stir differently.Īnd when I read reviews online I’m not looking for praise: those are good signs, but I want to know if multiple people experience the same problem (the muffins didn’t bake through, the cake collapsed, the brownies were too runny to slice), which will usually indicate I should pass on it. It will be clear if an ingredient is optional or essential, and it will list the oven temperature at the top so you remember to preheat. And as I’ve discovered with distance learning, teaching is a finely-honed skill.Ī good recipe will list the ingredients in the order they are used. Because I know that not only do they test their recipes, they know how to write a recipe that works as a teacher to me, the student. If I’ve never made something before I look to experts like Martha Stewart, Tara O’Brady, Ina Garten, Smitten Kitchen or a publication with a test kitchen, like Chatelaine. ![]() But when it comes to baking, like with advice, you want to trust the source. Yes, a thousand recipe sites will tell you how to make anything you want. Realizing too late that the sugar was supposed to be split between two steps or discovering that your cookie dough requires two hours of refrigeration (and said cookies were supposed to be dinner-hey, these are unprecedented times) or that the beans need to be soaked overnight. I understand why this instruction might beget an eyeroll (“I have the ingredients, can’t I just follow the steps?”) but please, do it. 1.Read the recipe through before you start (Photo, Erik Putz.)Ī baking frenzy is about being given a specific set of rules that might initially challenge us (you crazy sourdough warriors!) but once mastered will ensure results that turn out exactly as expected-when literally nothing else is.īelow are some tips-things that are rote for experienced bakers but might not be for a newbie. ![]()
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