SIMPLE BAKING HACKS FOR BEGINNERS!
BAKING!
Baking is a method of preparing food that uses dry heat. It is a form of cooking where you cook flour-based food under prolonged heating. An oven is generally used to bake food which include bread, rolls, cookies, pies, pastries, and muffins, etc.
BAKING HACKS FOR BEGGIENERS
- All ways use room temperature ingredients
- check your oven temperature every time to be sure it’s accurate
- Prepare baking pans properly before you prep the batter.
- Sift your dry ingredients 2 – 3 time
- Measure your all the ingredients properly
- Read the recipe before beginning
- Use cookie scoops and ice cream scoops with triggers for measuring cookie dough, muffins, and cupcakes.
- To make whipped cream extra fluffy, refrigerate your mixing bowl beforehand.
- Let your cookie dough in the fridge before baking.
- Use high quality ingredients
- Always add a pinch of salt to your recipe to make it tastier.
BASIC COOKIE RECIPE
Simple cookies
Ingredients
2 cups All-purpose flour
1/2 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Salt
3/4 cup Unsalted butter, softened
1 cup Sugar
1 large Egg
1/2 tsp Vanilla
Method
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly grease two baking sheets.
- Beat together the butter, sugars, vanilla, salt, and baking powder till well combined.
- Add the egg, beating till smooth. Scrape the sides of the bowl, and beat again till smooth.
- Add the flour, mixing it in completely.
- Drop the cookies by the spoon full onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing them about 2 inch apart.
- Bake the cookies for 10 to 14 minutes.
- The cookies should be a light golden brown, and a bit darker around the edges. For softer cookies, bake the shorter amount of time or for crunchy cookies, bake longer.
- Remove the cookies from the oven, and cool right on the baking sheets.
IN CONCLUSION
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