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Questions about cooking by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven.

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What causes popovers to rise so much?

I'm curious how this is possible, since there is no yeast, baking powder, self-rising flour, beaten egg whites... I think it's because of the egg, but I'm not sure. So, can somebody explain this? …
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Do I need to grease, grease-proof paper?

You don't need to grease the paper. However, if you really want to, you can grease it, but beware that the bottom of your cookies can bake quicker due to the extra fat that transfers heat. In most co …
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Why don't my cookies flatten?

There are three possible explanations: You preheat your oven too hot (I don't think this is the case here). You use too many dough for one cookie (I suggest you use a little less, and try to 'press' …
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What are the different effects that different washes produce in baked goods?

Just before you put something with dough in the oven, often you have to brush it with a liquid. I've seen recipes that say with egg wash, with egg yolk, with egg white, with milk etc. Does it make a …
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What is meant by "place 4 inches apart on cookie tray"?

It means to have a 4 inch gap between each cookie. Of course, if you use less dough per cookie, you can put them a bit closer together. Normally, if you put cookie dough on the tray, the surface of t …
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What kind of cookies can be shaped?

I think the term you're looking for is sugar cookies.
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Adding baking powder as a final step

If you mix in the baking powder as a final step, you will have already added the flour, right? … Another reason why adding the baking powder at last is not as good as you'd think, is that the baking powder could clump together if you throw it in as it is. …
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How do you make a cake lift equally and minimize doming?

Some time ago, I baked a cake (Sachertorte to be exact). The taste and texture was fine, so my recipe is okay. My biggest issue was the shape. In the middle it was really a lot higher than on the sid …
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How can I make my crinkles less dry?

I halfed this recipe, resulting in: 41 g cocoa powder 75 g sugar 60 ml oil 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla 130 g flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt I followed the recipe closely for the preparation and I let …
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Adding lemon to cookie recipe

The easiest way is just use a recipe for lemon cookies. I'm sure you can find lots of them online. If you really want to use a recipe for normal cookies (because you really like it), you could certain …
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What does baking time in oven depend on?

This is the reason why you find such a difference in the baking times for banana bread and banana muffins. … If you would bake your bread in a normal bread mold, it would take a longer time than if you would flatten out a bread on a baking sheet (but note that the volume is the same). …
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Cooking cakes on asbestos mats

I only googled this, just now, so there could be mistakes in my answer. At least where I live (Western Europe), women indeed cooked on asbestos. Some properties of asbestos is that it's isolating, ch …
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What purpose does coffee serve in a chocolate cake recipe?

If you add coffee to a recipe with chocolate, the coffee will enhance the chocolate flavour and normally, you won't taste the coffee. I'm not that sure in your case, since it's a lot of coffee. You s …
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What is the science behind Magic Cake?

There is one batter, and after baking, a well defined crust and a custard on top. I'll look it up when I get home, to look for similarities between the two recipes. …
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Coating fruit before adding to a cake

As commented by SAJ14SAJ, you can dust the apple pieces with some of the cake mix. There is no need to change the proportions asked for by the cake mix box. You also do not need to cook the apples ahe …
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