Baking

food production method using prolonged dry heat acting by convection

Baking is a method of preparing food that uses dry heat, typically in an oven, but can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot stones. The most common baked item is bread, but many other types of foods can be baked.

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  • Baking cookies is inherently orderly, even if the spatter pattern of batter left on your countertop begs to differ. The best cookies come from good recipes, and good recipes prescribe a defined list of ingredients and order of operations to assemble them. When we follow a cookie recipe, we acknowledge not only the inherent goodness of order but also that each action we take produces a consequence. Too little baking powder, too flat. Too long in the oven, too crispy. Double the recipe, double the yield.
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