Tips & Tricks
Chocolate Microwaving- When microwaving chocolate, always
use 1 minute intervals and stir well. This is one time when looks can really
be deceiving and you CAN burn the chocolate!
Hard Boiled Eggs- For ease of peeling, wait until water
boils to add room temperature eggs. Older eggs are easier to peel that
fresh eggs. (By fresh eggs I am referring to eggs that have been laid within
the past week.)
Low Fat - To bake low fat, substitute applesauce for
butter or margarine.
Pastry Hint - When making fruit pies, put the lower crust
in the oven 5 minutes and bake while you are rolling out the top crust.
Then put the filling in on the top crust. The under crust will not be soggy.
Pastry Hint - When cutting pastries of any kind, bring
out the pizza cutter. It works wonderfully without pulling the dough.
