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Best Baking Tips From the Farmers’ Almanac

by Farmers' Almanac Staff | Monday, November 12th, 2007 | From: Food and Recipes

Best Baking Tips From the Farmers’ Almanac
  • Do not use fresh or frozen pineapple in gelatin recipes, as the gelatin will not set. (You can use canned pineapple.)
  • When testing to see if your cake if fully baked, use a strand of uncooked spaghetti if a toothpick isn’t long enough.
  • Keep your recipe cards in front of you by standing a fork, tines up, in a glass and then placing a card in the tines.
  • Nuts will be easier to shell if you place 2 cups of nuts in a 1-quart casserole with 1 cup of water. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes, and the nutmeats will slip out whole after cracking the shell.
  • For faster creaming of butter and sugar, rinse the bowl in boiling water first.
  • When melting chocolate, first coat your pan with butter to prevent the chocolate from sticking to the pan.
  • To prevent a soggy crust when making a cream-filled pie, sprinkle crust with powdered sugar.
  • Meringue pies will cut neatly if the knife is first dipped in cold water.
  • To divide a pie into five equal portions, first cut a “Y” then slice each of the two larger sections in half.
  • Drop an egg on the floor? Cover it with salt, then sweep it up. No slimy mess.
  • When baking bread, a small dish of water set in the oven will help keep the crust from getting too hard or too brown.
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