1. When making pastry for pie crust, add a pinch or two of baking powder to the dry ingredients before adding the water; makes the pastry more flaky.
2. When adding water to pastry, be stingy with it, use only ice cold water and never pour it all in one spot on the flour and shortening mixture. Shake or sprinkle the water,sparingly over the mixture while stirring with a fork. Dough mixes easier this way and the pastry is flakier.
3. After removing a cake from the oven, prace the pan on a damp cloth for a few minutes and the cake will come loose from the pan easily.
4. When butter is too hard to cream, shred it into a warmed bowl and it will cream faster.
5. Prevent nuts and fruits from sinking to the bottom of cake batter by
coating them with flour. ,
6. When beating eggs separately, beat whites first; then the yolks may be beaten without washing the beaters. Whites will not beat up to full volume or stiffness if any yolk or bit of fat gets into the bowl.
7. To make good meringue, always let the egg whites warm up to room temperature before beating them. Also, add 1 tsp. of water for each egg white. It will increase the volume and make the meringue more tender.
8. For drop cookies, oil the spoon. Batter will not stick and will drop off easily.
9. In making dishes that call for hot milk or liquid to be added to eggs, as in custards, mix sugar with eggs and stir in hot liquid gradually to avoid curdling.
10. Pie crust brown beautifully with a sheen when brushed with milk or beaten egg yolk before baking.
2. When adding water to pastry, be stingy with it, use only ice cold water and never pour it all in one spot on the flour and shortening mixture. Shake or sprinkle the water,sparingly over the mixture while stirring with a fork. Dough mixes easier this way and the pastry is flakier.
3. After removing a cake from the oven, prace the pan on a damp cloth for a few minutes and the cake will come loose from the pan easily.
4. When butter is too hard to cream, shred it into a warmed bowl and it will cream faster.
5. Prevent nuts and fruits from sinking to the bottom of cake batter by
coating them with flour. ,
6. When beating eggs separately, beat whites first; then the yolks may be beaten without washing the beaters. Whites will not beat up to full volume or stiffness if any yolk or bit of fat gets into the bowl.
7. To make good meringue, always let the egg whites warm up to room temperature before beating them. Also, add 1 tsp. of water for each egg white. It will increase the volume and make the meringue more tender.
8. For drop cookies, oil the spoon. Batter will not stick and will drop off easily.
9. In making dishes that call for hot milk or liquid to be added to eggs, as in custards, mix sugar with eggs and stir in hot liquid gradually to avoid curdling.
10. Pie crust brown beautifully with a sheen when brushed with milk or beaten egg yolk before baking.
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