Baking

Yes, parchment paper prevents food from sticking and is especially helpful when baking cookies. Usually you will not need to grease the parchment paper, but I have found it is worth the time to bake what my grandmother called a "try" cookie to make sure oven temperature, size, baking time and surface prep (i.e. greasing) are optimal.

You should always follow a recipe from a reliable source, if you are trying to bake something and don't know the correct temperature. A standard cookbook for all beginning cooks is: Joy of Cooking. Buy yourself a copy and read the section on "bread."

Different breads need different times and temperatures; it varies if you are making pita bread, French bread, Foccacia bread or wheat bread. Breads that involve active dry yeast need to rise before being cooked. A bread made with all-purpose flour and yeast might take 30 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit, or perhaps it will take 45 minutes at 375 degrees Fahrenheit, depending on the recipe.

Go get a recipe and follow it. It's best not to experiment with these things, especially if you are just learning to cook.

certainly defrosted thoroughly if frozen
if just cold then fine

if salty ham place in large pan of water for 12-24 hours before cooking and change water for fresh tap water every 8 hours or so. The salt leaches out of the ham into the water so when you cook the ham the meat is no longer as salty as it could have been.

if its a butterball stuff its 4 1/4 at 325 degrees... not stuffed its 3 3/4

I'm assuming you mean whole grain wheat. Whole grain wheat includes the bran, the germ, as well as the "flour" part of the berry. It is much more nutritious.

Self-rising flour is make from white flour, which is wheat that has had the bran and germ removed. This pretty much leaves dead cellulose, which they then add some chemical vitamins to, and call it "enriched". Then they add some baking powder (often-times, with aluminum in it) and call it "self-rising" flour.

Better to add your own non-aluminum baking powder to your flour.

I cook my chicken at 250 degrees for about 55mins to 2hours but some times it does not cook all the way so check it. Then I put it back in for 15 mins and recheck it until it reaches a temperature of at least 165 everywhere it's tested including in the stuffing in the middle.

Raising Agent, typically Baking Soda contains CO2 (Carbon DiOxide) in a powderform.

This powder when mixed into the dough will start to react with moisture and acidity in the mix and produce bubbles of CO2.

When heated up whilst baking, this gas expands and your product raises a little or a lot depending on little or much baking soda in the mix.

It hardly give any noticeable taste in finished product.

At most it might leave traces of some NaOH or Na2O.

The traces of residue after its function is finished is not poisionus in these quantities..

Regards.

* a yeast-raised sweet cake soaked in Kirsch or rum. French.

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* a sponge cake baked in a ring mold

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I have done some research on melmac products and discovered that a number 7 on the bottom means it contains b.p.a. My melmac bowls have a number 4 on the bottom so are safe.I hope this helps a bit. connie in alberta

Millions of people ate off of Melmac dishes during the 40's through the late 70's (they declined in popularity after that); I've found no evidence that any of them ever died as a direct result of using melmac dishes. Furthermore BPA has Not been proven to be dangerous to humans at the level that people are exposed to it. There is some evidence that it may harm some animals that were tested upon, but what might hurt a bunny or a rat won't necessarily hurt a human and they've yet to prove it will beyond a shadow of Much doubt. Click the Mommy Myth Buster link on this page for a very well written article on the myth of items made with BPA as dangerous to humans.

It is important to bake them completely because then you can have fresh cupcakes.

It would be closer to 2 pounds. You should measure weight when baking! Cups is a measure of volume. Pounds is a measure of weight and mass. You can not directly convert the two.

You will get stomach ache because of spoiled foods. Best quality to prevent spoiled foods eat foods that refrigate no longer two days after opening. The expire date printed on product is only unopened products can keep.

They have different baking times, but what are the tempetures? The same or different. Either you take them out at different times or put them in at different times. Something that calls for 375 for 30 minutes and something that calls for 325 for an hour require just that. Spliting the difference will not work.

Flour should be kept tightly covered in a dry place such as a cupboard. Keeping it on the counter is ok as long as it's in a covered container. In some parts of the country people have trouble with pest infestation so it's usually recommended that they keep flour, tightly covered, in the refrigerator. That would probably apply even more if flour isn't used frequently.

You would need to use a Triple Beam Balance, or you could put it on a scale, and then convert the scale's measurement to grams, which is the measurement of mass.

1 ounce = about 28.35 grams

200 grams = about 7.05 ounces

8 US tablespoons of butter = 4 ounces

Therefore 200 grams of butter = approximately 14.1 US tablespoons

Gas mark 4.

Juice is pure liquid, typically squeezed, from fruits or vegetables where nectar is juice with additives, sugar water for example.

Always measure your butter, sugar and use the egg the recipe says!. These ratios are so important!. Bake at the correct temp for the best results!. A cup of flour is always approximate!. If you are a 'near enough is good enough baker' like me it will make more sense!. The same goes for liquid and any other bits!. As long as a cake pours at the right consistency and biscuit batter doesn't glue my fingers together, that's how they turn out!. Muffins are a little less runny than cakes!. Bread is completely different!. Follow the recipe because if you don't, it will become like a doorstop or so holey the butter falls through!. Knead lots and well the first time!. Second knead only do as much as it needs to get into a pan!. Temp is important too!.

Types of fish that have a low oil content should be covered when baking, to prevent the flesh becoming too dry. Oily fish (such as salmon) may be baked without covering, but can be covered if desired.

Yes,Of course you can I have before

Pickles are a low-calorie snack that fill you up quickly, so in that way they can help you keep your calorie count down. However, pickles are salty, so they can cause you to gain water weight. The only sure way to lose extra weight caused by fat is to burn more calories than you take in.

If you want to cook it right than I suggest you should.