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2 Yummy Links: From Pie Bags to Bad Restaurants
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3 What Would You Make?
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5 Definition: Cake Flour
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6 Definition: Masa
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7 The Basics: Béchamel Sauce
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8 Know Your Ingredients: Instant Flour
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9 Simple Tip: Freeze Butter or Shortening When Making Pie
Currently I'm obsessed with pie. Not only am I baking them, but I've also been researching the art of pie-making. The key to super wonderful flaky crust is very cold ingredients. Since most pie dough recipes have you add cubed butter or shortening to flour, I always make this my first step. I dice the butter or scoop the shortening and place it in a small dish. Then, I put this in the freezer Read more
I recently came across a recipe that called for instant flour, an ingredient that I haven't been very familiar with. What is it, and how is it different from all-purpose flour? Instant or instantized flour, as it's called, was first introduced by Gold Medal in 1963. It refers to a low-protein, finely-ground, granular type of flour that has gone through pregelatinization, a process that involves Read more
Calling all home cooks: if you haven't been acquainted yet with béchamel sauce, it's time you learned a thing or two about it. Chances are you've eaten this white sauce more than a few times in your life, whether layered in moussaka, drizzled on a croque monsieur, or as a component in other classic courses. Béchamel is over 300 years old, and is such a key element of traditional French cuisine Read more
Masa & Masa Harina Masa — literally "dough" in Spanish — is a cornmeal dough traditionally used in Latin cuisine. Unlike cornmeal, it's made of sun- or fire-dried corn kernels that have been cooked in a solution of lime or ash and water and then ground. When dried again, the substance becomes masa harina, or "dough flour." Both are used to make tortillas, empanadas, tamales, among other Read more
Baking is always happening at my house, whether it be cookies, muffins, or bread. Not only do I love concocting delicious treats with my girls because it's a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon, but I love that I can make scrumptious foods and know they're made with actual ingredients. I also think it's fun to try out recipes using different flour. Whole wheat or all purpose is the usual Read more
Cake Flour Sometimes known as pastry flour, this high-starch, soft wheat flour has a fine texture. It makes baked goods like cakes more tender than regular flour because it has the least amount of gluten. Bleached cake flour has a bright white color. The best substitute for cake flour is to use 7/8 cup all-purpose flour plus 2 tablespoons cornstarch to make 1 cup of cake flour. Source Read more
As someone who loves to bake, I was pretty bummed to hear that the price of flour is going up. We've been hearing about how grocery prices are going up due to increased prices of dairy and wheat, but this is the first time I've seen solid numbers. According to CNN Money, the price of a 50-pound bag of flour went from $16 to $37, a 131 percent increase. And if that's not crazy enough, sources say Read more
Ok here's the deal: You are at home and hungry for food. You have to cook up something scrumptious for you and your boyfriend/ girlfriend/ spouse/ child/ friend, but the ingredients you have on hand are limited. You have cheddar cheese, fresh thyme, and all-purpose flour. Using these ingredients, along with whatever staples you currently have in your cupboard and refrigerator, what would you Read more
Maybe if I had one of these hand pie crust bags I would make more pies. - Apartment Therapy: The Kitchen Tao Las Vegas is the highest grossing restaurant in the US. Want to know what the other 9 are? - Will Work for Food Have you ever wondered what self-rising flour is? - Baking Bites There's a lot of food in movies these days. Premiere lists the 20 most mouth-watering movie moments. - Read more
Making your own pizza is one of the most satisfying things a person can do. A lot of time, effort, and love goes into a homemade pizza, and it tastes like nothing else. Now I don't mean buying a ready-made crust like Boboli - I mean making the pizza dough. Once you know how, it's really quite easy, and healthier too. It'll take some time to let the dough rise, so that's why making pizza is great Read more
