Baking with Sugar Substitutes: Helpful Tips

Baking with Sugar Substitutes: Helpful Tips

You Can Have Your Sweet Tooth and Eat Too! When baking with a sugar substitute, you should consider changes in sweetening power, texture, and very importantly, taste and after-taste. There are several reasons why a cook would consider cutting out the use of granulated sugar, and these reasons could be; illness, weight loss, no energy …

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Tips and Tricks for Baking at High Altitudes

Tips and Tricks for Baking at High Altitudes

Baking at elevations of 3500 feet or more is considered high elevation baking. Since the air is thinner the higher your elevation is, of course, this causes a dilemma for bakers. This article will address some of these issues and provide a high altitude baker with tips and tricks to help you in the kitchen. …

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6 Tips to Avoid Baking Nightmares

6 Tips to Avoid Baking Nightmares

Things can go terribly wrong in the kitchen. I don’t mean starting a fire by a poorly executed flambe. I’m talking about baking. I was trained in the ways of the hot and cold kitchen but my first kitchen duty was in the Pastry section of a rather over-rated cafeteria of a 5-star international business …

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Top Baking Tips for No-Bake Cookies

Top Baking Tips for No-Bake Cookies

Six Easy Ways to Improve the Chances of Baking Success Freshly baked cookies definitely have a certain appeal. However, no-bake cookies are a great replacement when you don’t want to heat the oven or spend a couple hours in the kitchen baking cookies. No-bakes are quick, very easy to make and great for both first-time …

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