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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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    • 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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      Chocolate Chocolate Truffles
    • Zippy Cheddar Pecan Shortbreads
      Cheddar Pecan Shortbreads
    • Cranberry Orange Muffins in three sizes, mini, regular and Texas on a gray plate with a red napkin.
      A Cranberry Orange Muffin
    • Cooled Caramel in a bowl.
      Caramel - A Building Block of Pastry
    • Scone with Cranberry Strawberry Jam on a plate
      Scones with Cranberry Strawberry Jam
    • Garlic Oregano Cracker Bread
      Garlic Oregano Cracker Bread

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      Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes
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      Cuccidati - Italy's Finest Cookie
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      Apricot Crumb Coffee Cake
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      Langue de Chat
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      Perfectly Easy Angel Food Cake
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      Chopping Nuts - A Quicker Way

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