Floured Thoughts

Posted bybetsysbakingblogPosted inRecipes
  • I only ever and always use Gold Medal UNBLEACHED white flour
  • I store my flour in a Rectangle 4 Tupperware container. Always.
  • I leave a stainless steel 1-cup measure cup in my flour container for when I use it.
  • I “shake” my flour container or use the measure cup to “fluff” my flour before measuring it. Back in the “olden” days they would sift the flour. I don’t do that, I just shake or roll the container to make it more airy. This makes it less dense so it’s technically using less flour in my recipes. This may be why my bakery is better?
  • When making cookies, cakes, bars… I usually put half the amount of flour in the mix originally and mix well. This helps the baking soda, salt, powder, cinnamon…. blend in better. And then when the mixer is on I add the remaining amount of flour.
  • I use a Kitchen Aid mixer. I always need to be sure that the bottom of the bowl gets mixed in better. Especially with flour.
  • Most people use some type of spray on their pan. Like PAM or even that more natural way using the Pampered Chef spritzer thing. Well, back when I was a girl (hehehe!) mom taught me how to grease and flour the pan when the recipe told me to. We had stainless steel 9″x13″ pans. I would use Crisco on a plastic sandwich bag ~ my hand inside the bag, using it like a glove ~ and smear it around the pan. Then I would sprinkle the pan with flour and knock it around the pan until a fine white dusting was over the Crisco. Then I would tap the pan and dump the excess flour back into the flour container. Good memories. I maybe better teach my girls to do that! We just use PAM.
  • OK, so maybe this isn’t about flour, but there are a few preferences that I have:
  • I always use butter flavor Crisco in all the recipes that call for shortening.
  • PAM is the only spray I use.
  • I love my Kitchen-Aid
  • I prefer GLASS 9″x13″ pans to anything else
  • Tupperware Modular Mates containers hold all of my flours, sugars, grains, cocoa, salt, baking soda & powder, chocolate chips, M&M’s, coconut, nuts…
  • I mix my breads in Tupperware Thatsa bowls
  • I use stainless steel bowls for mixing, marinading, storing meats

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I have been cooking and baking for over 30 years. People often ask for my recipe and so.... here are the recipes that are most commonly asked for. I will add more recipes as they are requested!

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