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    Home > Baking Basics, Tips, & Information

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    Explore in-depth white papers on cooking and baking, offering expert insights, tips, and techniques to elevate your culinary skills and knowledge.

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    • Yeasts
      Yeast as it Relates to Bread
    • Lemon Meringue Pie
      Updated Lemon Meringue Pie
    • Layers of laminated dough
      Baking Information to Keep You Company
    • Thickeners as used in Baking and Pastry
      Thickeners As Used in Baking and Pastry
    • Cinnamon sticks and ground cinnamon
      The World of Cinnamon
    • Flavorings as Used in Baking and Pastry
    • Four salts for All Salts are Not Created Equal
      All Salt is Not Created Equal When Baking
    • Baked Puff Pastry for American Butter vs. European Butter for Laminated Doughs
      American Butter vs. European Butter
    • Vanilla beans resting on the bottle from which they came.
      The Making of Vanilla

    Hi, I'm Helen! Being a self-taught baker and owning a bakery for over 25 years, I found many ways to make baking more successful and less intimidating. Even busy people can bake as in many cases, recipes can be done over days. The goal is to make your baking life easier, more enjoyable, with great outcomes on a consistent basis.

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    Spring Baking

    • A Banana Streusel Muffin on aplate with others behind it.
      Best Banana Streusel Muffin Recipe
    • A slice of chocolate cake, peanut butter mousse glazed in chocolate on a marble plate
      Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cake
    • A slice of the Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie sits on a clear plate over a lattice trivet with the pie in the background and a glass of ice tea nearby .
      Peanut Butter Ice Cream Pie Recipe
    • A slice of the S'more Tart with it's browned marshmallow topping sits on a brown rimmed plate with a fork and napkin in the background.
      How to Make A S'mores Tart
    • Scoops of Caramel Brickle ice cream in a white dish on a gray plate.
      No Churn Caramel Brickle Ice Cream
    • Chocolate cake base covered with caramel and hazelnuts topped with amaretto ganache.
      Amaretto Truffle Torte

    Popular Recipes

    • This Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cake features a pineapple slice with a cherry in the middle on top of a yellow cake sitting on a blue and white plate.
      Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes
    • A plate of Cuccidati, fig and nut filled Italian Cookies sprinkled with multi-colored nonpariels.
      Cuccidati - Italy's Finest Cookie
    • This picture shows a slice of the coffee cake on a white, lace edged plate on a marble counter.
      Apricot Crumb Coffee Cake
    • Langue de Chat cookies in a bowl.
      Langue de Chat
    • Angel food Cake
      Perfectly Easy Angel Food Cake
    • Large nut pieces for Chopping Nuts
      Chopping Nuts - A Quicker Way

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