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    Home > Baking Basics, Tips, & Information

    Techniques

    Here you will discover faster and simpler preparation methods, as well as frequently utilized recipe techniques.

    Don't forget to about the peaches!

    Caramel, Pastry Cream and the Everything Peaches which shows you the easiest, fastest way to peel a peach.

    More to Learn:

    • Swirls of Pastry Cream on an Orange Tart.
      Pastry Cream Filling (Crème Pâtissière)
    • Crumb topping on a multi-colored plate.
      Crumb Topping
    • 4 pieces of celery with celery leaves on a plate.
      Storing Celery
    • Sealing the Crust to the side of the pan
      Spooning the Crust
    • Granulated sugar
      Three Easy Sugar Fixes
    • Colored Sugar
      Sugar - The Sweetest Part of Baking
    • Large nut pieces for Chopping Nuts
      Chopping Nuts - A Quicker Way
    • Curdled Cake Batter
      How to Avoid Curdled Cake Batter
    • Heavy cream
      Freezing Heavy Cream
    • Photo of Peaches in rows at a market
      All About Peaches - Summers Sweet Spot
    • Different finishes on breads yielding different looking rolls.
      Glazes for Baked Goods
    • These Murbteig cookies were cut out using the wax paper technique
      Cut Out Cookies Using the Wax Paper Technique
    • Rows of lemon curd tartlet petit fours.
      How to Make Lemon Curd
    • How to be a Better Baker
      How to be a Better Baker
    • Thickeners as used in Baking and Pastry
      Thickeners As Used in Baking and Pastry
    • Whipped cream for Heavy Cream
      Heavy Cream - The Workhorse of Creams
    • Flavorings as Used in Baking and Pastry
    • Four salts for All Salts are Not Created Equal
      All Salt is Not Created Equal When Baking
    • Items made with Toasted Sugar
      Toasted Sugar or Not!
    • Getting the Most out of Baking Recipes.com
      Getting the Most out of Baking Recipes
    • Dry measuring cups with no lips, a wet measuring cup with a lip and a set of measuring spoons
      Volume Conversion Chart for Liquids
    • flour for The Frustrating Facts of Measuring Flour
      The Frustrating Facts about Measuring Flour
    • Single cookie for The Importance of Base Recipes in Baking
      The Importance of a Base Recipe in Baking
    • Knox Gelatin and sheet gelatin for Understanding Gelatin
      Understanding Gelatin
    • Baked Puff Pastry for American Butter vs. European Butter for Laminated Doughs
      American Butter vs. European Butter
    • Bottom released for Why, When and How to Undercoat a Cake
      Why, When and How to Undercoat a Cake
    • Photos of items for More Baking Tips
      Additional Baking Tips
    • This photos shows a number of baking utensils including half sheet pans, parchment paper, disher/scoopers, measuring cups, a scale and a box of cake flour,
      Baking Tips for the Holidays
    • Multi colored Painted Cookies on a lace plate
      Painted Cookies
    • Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
      Ten Ways to Become a Better Baker
    • White Chocolate Curls
    • Finished Ultimate
      The Glaze -A Fundamental of Pastry
    • Cooled Caramel in a bowl.
      Caramel - A Building Block of Pastry
    • Soft Peak
      Salvaging Over-Whipped Cream
    • Butter ,softening
      Softened Butter
    • Drying a Fondant Cake
      Drying a Fondant Covered Cake
    • A flat, baked layer of cake in the pan.
      How to Bake a Flat Cake or Cake Pan Prep
    • Two pans on top of each other to prevent over browning.
      Double Panning - Preventing Over Browning in the Oven

    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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    Thanksgiving

    • An individual Chocolate Caramel Tart on a white background with raspberries.
      No Bake Mini Chocolate Caramel Tarts
    • The truffle filled shell is topped with fresh raspberries just before serving.
      No Bake Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Tarts
    • Red and White glazed heart shaped Viennese Lemon Valentines Cookies on a white plate with blue edges.
      Viennese Lemon Valentines Cookies
    • Toasted coconut and macadamia nuts are the basis of these heart shaped shorbreads on a lattice plate over purple.
      Tropical Shortbread Cookies
    • Chocolate Truffle Raspberry Curd Tart
      Chocolate Truffle Raspberry Curd Tart

    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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