For
example, you've decided to make a cake from a recipe, and you are all ready
to start, but you have discover the recipe requires butter at room temperature,
and your is in the refrigerator, ice cold. You can soften it in your a microwave,
but the texture changes a bit when you do. Then, you find, after you start
mixing the batter, that you don't have the right size or type of baking
pan. Now what?
These mishaps can be extremely frustrating.
First, read the list of ingredients to make sure that you do have all the
items and in sufficient quantity for the recipe. Read the list carefully
because some spices and flavorings come in different forms. For instance,
prepare mustard is a sauce and dried mustard is a powder; whole cloves differ
from ground cloves; baking soda and baking powder are not interchangeable.
See what could happen.
It's recommended that you gather all the ingredients together, measure them
out, and have them near your work space.
Next, read the instructions for preparation all the way through. Be sure
to understand what steps are required, what procedures are necessary, what
equipment you need, and in what order the recipe should be put together.
Most recipes are in sequential order, but you will find recipes that don't
follow this scheme, make notations for yourself, right on a the recipe page.
Now you have it, read the recipe first; check the ingredients, amounts,
equipment needed, procedures, order of putting the dish together, preparation
time, including baking or cooking time.
Good luck in your results |
