Cooking Methods Learned the Hard Way, Part 2

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Last week I shared with you how I like to know the reason why and sometimes I don’t follow cooking rules because they don’t make sense to me.  And if you recall, I also shared that that strategy usually backfires on me.  Here are a few more things I’ve learned the hard way: Reduced fat products don’t always work in baking.  This lesson was an accident.  I was making pie crust one … [Read more...]

A Few Cooking Things You Might Not Know

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Baking With Reduced Fat Products.  You have to be very careful about using fat free or reduced fat products in baking.  I accidentally bought some reduced fat shortening and it made my pie crust experience a nightmare!  I normally don’t have trouble making pie crust but that day I just couldn’t do it.  The first crust was too soft and kept tearing.  I threw it away and started over.  … [Read more...]