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Calibrating Your Oven
Ok, I admit I am a “control freak” and a perfectionist, especially when I bake. And those traits help when I want consistent, predictable results. You will achieve baking perfection when you control your measuring accuracy, ingredient temperatures, mixing methods,...
How to Use Excess Cake
HOW TO USE EXCESS CAKE-CHOCOLATE CHIP SPICE BARS Cake decorators and bakers! Do you need to clear out your freezer and use EXCESS CAKE? That cake that was left when you evened out the cake layers OR cake that was left after carving OR cake that did not turn out...
Aunt Sally’s Four-Grain Cookies
Aunt Sally’s Four-Grain Cookies Thought that sharing a healthy cookie recipe with you would be a helpful, and a fun way of creating a family activity where kids could get into the kitchen and help with measuring and baking. The cookie recipe was given to...
National Emergency and Mom’s Maraschino Cherry Cake
National Emergency and Mom’s Maraschino Cherry Cake One can totally freak out nowadays. Shopping has become almost hazardous to your health! Taking hours to purchase items in markets Where the workers are obviously sleep deprived and overworked! Everyone seems...
How To Adjust A Loaf Pan Recipe
HOW TO ADJUST A LOAF PAN RECIPE(When the pan you have is different from the one in a recipe.)How many cake pans do you have?I have a ZILLION, but not loaf pans that measure 9x5 inches.You say- “What!?” …. A baker without that “standard size.?”When I had my wholesale...
Bill Hauser’s Mom’s Peanut Cookies
In honor of National Peanut Butter Month I got to thinking about one of my high school students years ago who shared a recipe for his mom’s Peanut Butter Cookies. Because of their distinct shape and flavor combination, the recipe has turned out to be one several...
Banana Strawberry Paletas
Do not have my own kiddos For those of you who do or are kids at heart A recipe for Banana Strawberry Paletas An idea for a weekend activity…. Or a Blender Breakfast…..if you Do not have the patience for the freezing part…… Equipment: Blender, popsicle molds, craft...
Free Pan Dulce Recipe Courtesy of Chef Susan (Illustrated Version)…
Pan Dulce (Concha) When I began to think about what baked product I would try for National Hispanic Heritage Month I thought of those colorful breads known as pan dulce- sweet bread. I always wanted to try to make my own brightly colored rolls that I saw at special...
Everyone Has A Chocolate Story!
February is Celebrate Chocolate Month. One wonders if this is because of Valentine’s Day and its connection with giving chocolates to one’s sweetheart-or is it the other way around and the retailer’s holiday giving us another reason to buy chocolate. It does...
