Professional bakers have their own bread baking secrets for coxing flavor out of the flour, or creating a wonderfully crunchy crust with a savory soft center. If you follow basic bread baking recipes, you will end up using the right ingredients and applying the right steps. But you will be missing the bread baking secrets …
I don’t think anyone will argue that butter is not tasty and delicious, and an excellent ingredient for cooking and baking. But butter has a lot of drawbacks. It’s high in calories and fat, especially saturated fat, it’s high in cholesterol, and, if you’re a vegan, you probably have some ethical problems with it as …
Baking substitutes can save the day (and the recipe). Busy cooks often find out at the last minute that they are out of an ingredient needed for that favorite and quick dessert recipe. Here are some baking substitutions that can be used for those missing ingredients. Baking powder recipe substitution: If a recipe calls for …
Ever since Captain John Smith wrote about their virtues Americans have had a love affair with the striped bass. Striped bass are one gamefish that bites well for anglers in the winter. Try these simple and delicious recipes for baking fresh caught striped bass. If you don’t have a fillet knife, check out our guide …
There are so many good things found in tiny flaxseed. Flaxseed is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids which are essential to our health. Flaxseed is also high in fiber and may help reduce LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol levels. At first I was hesitant to try flaxseed – how the heck would I use …