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To evenly distribute the ingredients. Some things can lump together when they get wet and cause hard spots in some baked goods. Mixing the dry ingredients together first means you don't have to mix as much once the liquid in added. Over mixing tends to toughen most things. The mixing activates the gluten in the flour the same way kneading bread dough does.

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