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Category Archives: Pastry Ingredients
Let's Look at the Swiss Miss Package, Shall We?
The following is the list of ingredients in a 1 oz, individual package of Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate Flavor Hot Cocoa Mix (found here): Ingredients: sugar, modified whey, cocoa (processed with alkali), hydrogenated coconut oil, nonfat milk, calcium carbonate, less … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Ingredients, Pastry Methods
Tagged chocolate, cocoa powder, homemade hot chocolate
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Don't Forget the Chocolate! (Part 1)
Oh, my! I was just looking over my posts, so far: butter? check. Sugar? Check. Caramel? Check. Chocolate?…..Chocolate?…..Um, just a minute… Chocolate, my friends, is an amazing ingredient. It’s one of those food items that undergoes such an exhaustive processing … Continue reading
Sugar: How Sweet It Is!
Well, I’m back from the family Thanksgiving extravaganza! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday; The Beloved and I certainly did. I think it’s time to pull back and focus on an ingredient that is often maligned: sugar. I … Continue reading
I Hate Cool Whip
I’m sorry, but I do. No, wait a minute. I un-apologetically hate Cool Whip. I wince when I see folks put Cool Whip on foods–and don’t get me started on recipes that actually say “Fold in a tub of Cool … Continue reading
For the Love of Mike, Put Some Salt in That Stuff!
I am on a crusade. A salt crusade. Salt has been so maligned that some people are not using it at all. And those that do add a meager grain or two to a pot of stew wouldn’t dream of … Continue reading
Know Your Fat! (Part, the Third)
As I start this, I’m hoping that three parts will be enough. There is, after all, more to baking than just fat. But fat is such a critical ingredient that I feel like I need to take the time to … Continue reading
Know Your Fat! (Part Deux)
When last we spoke, I talked just a bit about butter, shortening, lard and oil as fats used in baking. Not only do all four of these products look, taste and smell different, they also behave differently in baked goods. … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Ingredients
Tagged butter, fat, Pastry Chef Online, shortening, temperature of fats
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Know Your Fat! (Part 1)
As far as I am concerned, fat is essential, both in cooking and in baking. Even an extremely fit person has maybe 5% body fat, so I am comfortable with this statement:-) Fat does amazing things in foods: it is … Continue reading
Posted in Pastry Ingredients
Tagged butter, fat, ingredient, lard, oil, Pastry Chef Online, shortening
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