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    Home » Techniques & Skills » Baking Methods

    Baking Methods

    Whether you want to become an expert bread maker, or excel at cake baking, these methods are the foundation of baking.  Use these methods to make sure your baked goods use the correct flour, get enough moisture for proofing yeast, or use the right amount of eggs.  Each of them impacts your baked goods like chemistry, so they are important to understand.

    Not sure where to start? Consider What Eggs Do In Baking or How To Cream Butter and Sugar or the How To Blind Bake Pie and Tart Crust.  They will amp up your skills in no time!

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