Baking Pumpkin Pie?Why do my pumpkin pies have a skin like top after I baked them?
Frozen Bananas Watery?I pulled my bananas out of the freezer and let them sit out overnight. The next day they were watery; can I still use them for banana cake?
Choosing Dried Fruit for Cookie Filling?What dried fruit goes with dried cherries for a filled cookie?
Bread is Dark from Edge into the Loaf?When I make a sweet bread loaf (no yeast), the outer edge and into the loaf is dark, though not burned. I use a convection oven and make several loaves at the same time. Any ideas?
Shipping Cookies to Afghanistan?I would like to ship home baked cookies to Afghanistan from Pennsylvania, USA. Are there certain cookies that ship better than others? What is a good packing method so the cookies arrive without becoming broken?
Baking with Self Rising Flour?Do you put baking soda in self rising flour?
Using Silicone Bakeware?I just bought a blue, flexible, fluted bowl with a funnel in the middle, as used for angel food cake. I bought it at a thrift store and thought it was a Jello mold, but someone told me it is for baking cakes. Can anyone advise me how to use this?
Making Meringues on Pampered Chef Stoneware?Has anyone tried to cook meringues on Pampered Chef Stoneware? Was it successful?
Adding Dry Fruit to Cake Batter?When adding dry fruits to my cake batter, do I mix it into the batter or do I pour on top right before I pop it into the oven? Thank you so much.
Pie in a Jar?Can you make pies in a jar, seal with lids, and leave on the shelf like cake or bread in a jar? Anyone ever tried it?
Using Candy Melts Without a Mold?I want to make a dinosaur skeleton for my son's birthday cake that will lay in the cookie crumb topping like it's a dinosaur dig. It was suggested to me that I use candy melts to pipe bones out on wax paper. If I'm not using a candy mold, will it just run all over or spread?
Problem Thinning Wilton Candy Melts?I'm unable to get the Wilton melts thin enough to dip cake pops or to use as a drizzle. What is the trick to this?
Decorating Store Bought Cookies?Anyone have cute ideas for decorating store bought cookies? This decorating is not for the kids to do. I need to make them for a fair our church is doing in the community.
Why Do My Chocolate Chip Cookies Turn Two Tone?Why do my chocolate chip cookies turn two tone?
Making Cheesecake in a Pie Pan?I am making a cheesecake and I don't have a springform pan. Can I use a pie pan?
Where Can I Buy Instant or Bread Yeast?My new bread machine cook book calls for either instant yeast or bread yeast. Can anyone tell me where to find it?
Difference Between Bread Machine and Regular Yeast?What's the difference between bread machine yeast and regular yeast? Thanks.
Why Are My Homemade Cupcakes Sticky?I'm wondering why the cupcakes I make from scratch come out sticky. Not only on the tops of the cupcakes, but also when the liners are removed the cake sticks to my fingers.
Improving Boxed Cake Mixes?I am making a wedding cake in June and would like to doctor a Duncan Hines butter golden cake mix to make this cake. It will be a four-layer cake with butter-cream icing. I have made a doctored wedding cake with Betty Crocker cake mix, but Duncan Hines butter is my favorite.
How Do I Make Brownies in Cupcake Liners?Can brownies be made into a cupcake form?
Substitute Applesauce for Oil in Baking?Do I use the same amount of applesauce as I would oil in baking a cake?
Using Applesauce Instead of Oil?Can applesauce by substituted for oil in all recipes?
Making Mini Muffins?I've acquired several mini paper baking cup (liners). I've never made anything
Cookies Never Spread When Baking?When I bake chocolate chip or any other kind of cookies they never spread out. I am a diabetic so I use Splenda white and brown; would that make a difference? I've tried leaving the ingredients out all night like the butter and eggs. Hope you can help.
Why Do My Chocolate Chip Cookies Turn Out Cake-like?After making chocolate chip cookies, I can't figure out how to get the consistency I want, chewy and soft, or even chewy and crunchy. All I get is fluffy, cake-like cookies. What can I do to correct this?
Why Did My Cake Sink in the Middle?What causes a cake to sink in the middle?
How Can I Fix Cookie Dough That is Too Gooey?I am making peanut butter cookies and the dough is too gooey. How do I fix it?
Why Did My Cornbread Turn Out Dry?My corn bread is dry. I followed the recipe on the cornmeal box. Can someone please help me?
Can I Substitute Self Rising Flour for All Purpose in a Cake Recipe?Can I substitute self rising flour for all purpose flour in a cake recipe?
M&M Gingerbread Man Template?I recently purchased M&Ms with a gingerbread boy recipe on the bag. It gave a site to get the template, but I seem to be having trouble getting it. What do I do?
What is the Best Apple for Making Apple Pie?What is the best type of apple to use in making an apple pie?
How Can I Protect a Plastic Handled Pan in the Oven?I have a good and seasoned frying pan (copper bottom), with a heavy plastic handle and I'd like to make fritatta in the oven! How can I protect the handle from the heat?
Homemade Cookies Taste Salty?I'm trying to learn how to cook. I baked cookies according to this recipe, but they came out tasting salty. Could anyone help me figure out what went wrong?
Cake is Too Dry?Why are my cakes coming out so dry?
Cooking Using a Pizza Stone?I think it was last year a lady on here told us about a woman on Facebook cooking with a pizza stone. Does anyone remember her site?
Testing the Freshness of Corn Starch?How do you test the freshness of cornstarch?
Testing Freshness of Baking Soda?How do you test for freshness of baking soda?
Can I Paint a Cake Using Food Coloring?Can you use food coloring to paint on your cake or you need to use something else to paint on the cake?
Best Dye for Fondant?For fondant, what is better to use for dye? Powdered or gel/water? Does anyone know how much it costs?
Use Parchment Paper For Baking Cookies?Does any one line their cookie sheets with parchment paper before baking?
Do I Need to Pre-heat a Stone Gingerbread Mold?Does a stone gingerbread mold require pre-heating?
Keeping Cinnamon Buns Moist After Baking?Why when I take canned cinnamon buns out of the oven they taste great, but in a short while the bun becomes dry and hard? What can I do to keep them moist?
How Do I Make a Pie Crust?How do I make a pie crust?
How Do I Measure Brown Sugar?How do you measure dark sugar?
Best Cookies to Ship to a Soldier in Afghanistan?Our Army son is in Afghanistan and wants me to send him homemade cookies. What are the best kind to send over there?
Repairing a Broken Frozen Pie Crust?The frozen pie crusts I bought are broken. How do I use them in making a pumpkin pie?
How Do I Make an Open Book Shaped Cake?I would like to know how to make an open book shaped cake without a book shaped pan. Also, how do I ice an open book cake?
Using Silicone Bakeware?I bought a silicone baking pan and was wondering if I need to grease it? Do I have to put a cookie sheet under it when I bake with it? It seems so flimsy.
Determining the Yield of a Cookie Recipe?About how many cookies does the blue ribbon oatmeal peanut butter recipe make?
How Do I Convert a Cake Recipe into a Cookie Recipe?Can anyone please tell me how to turn an applesauce cake recipe into a cookie recipe? Thank you in advance.
Apples in Pie Too Mushy?The Granny Smith apples in my pie turn to applesauce if the pie bakes long enough to get the crust golden brown. Help!
Can I Make Cream of Tartar?How do you make cream of tartar?
Jiffy Corn Muffins Too Crumbly?How can I keep Jiffy corn muffins from falling apart? They come out great, but they just crumble when you cut them!
Adding Fruit to Corn Muffins?I need a recipe that turns corn muffin mix into fruity muffins that my 5 year old son's preschool class will love. Any tried and true recipes?
Custard Pie Bake Time?What is the length of time to bake an 8 inch deep dish custard pie?
Converting an Oven Cake Recipe to a Microwave Recipe?Can anyone tell me how to adapt a cake recipe made for cooking in the oven, to cooking it in the microwave? Due to egg allergies, my cakes are always recipes that are eggless and are very successful when cooked in my conventional gas oven.
Making Cupcakes With a Graham Cracker Crust?I baked cupcakes with a graham cracker base. It stuck to the wrapper and got very hard? Why?
Angel Food Cake Mix Baked Up Rubbery on Bottom?I just baked an angel food cake from a box and it got rubbery on the bottom. I have never had that happen before. What did I do wrong? Thanks.
Biscuits Turned Out Doughy?What causes biscuits to be doughy?
Calculating the Cost of Baking Cookies?How would I calculate the cost of baking cookies?
Decorating a Cake Shaped Like a Building?I would like to do a skyscraper from cake, and I am struggling to do the small windows. If somebody has any ideas I would appreciate hearing them. Thanks.
Using Paraffin Wax and Chocolate on a Cake?Can paraffin wax and hard chocolate be mixed and drizzled on cakes?
Baking Muffins in a Muffin Top Pan?I just got a muffin top baking pan and was wondering how long it takes to bake the muffins in it? Will it be the same time or half that? Thanks.
Substituting Splenda or Ideal Sweetener for Confectioners Sugar?We are watching our refined sugar intake and I was wondering if anyone has tried substituting Splenda or Ideal sweeteners for confectioners sugar in a glaze for cupcakes or cakes?
Using Cream Cheese Icing Successfully?Can I ice a cake with cream cheese icing successfully?
Mario Galaxy Birthday Cake?Does anyone have a picture of a Mario Galaxy birthday cake?
Cake Decoration Pattern for Baby Trainers?Can you help me with a pattern for little trainers for my grandson's christening cake? I want to use them as a topper.
Measuring Flour When Baking?When following a baking recipe, do you measure the flour before or after sifting?
How Do I Make a Guitar Cake?I need to make a guitar cake, fast. It has to be easy. I have a party to do tomorrow and I am so sick. Please help.
Making Powdered Caramel Color for Baking?One of my bread recipes calls for caramel color. They said I can buy it, but its made from caramelized sugar. What do you do with it to make it into the powder form?
Making Heat Tolerant Frosting?How can I make frosting that won't melt in the heat?
Making Brownies Without Eggs?I am looking for a recipe for brownies without eggs.
What is the Ratio of Yeast to Flour When Baking?How many ounces of yeast do I need for 5 lb of flour?
Making a Layer Cake?I love to cook and love to bake and most of the time, I do an excellent job. As I get older I find I have more time to do so. One thing I have never been able to master is a layered cake.
Sweetening Frozen Cranberries for Baking?I'm looking for a way to make frozen cranberries not so bitter tasting. I want to put it in a bread that makes it sweet tasting.
Baking With Self Rising Flour?Do you still need yeast to make bread with self rising flour?
Making Moist Pound Cake from Mixes?If I have a pound cake box mix, what can I add to make it moist?
Baking With Fat Free Cream Cheese and Sour Cream?Is it safe to use fat-free cream cheese and fat-free sour cream when baking?
Making Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix More Cake Like?I am making Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix. If I add 2 eggs will the batter be more cake like? Sometimes I find the corn muffins too dry.
Methods for Cutting Baking Time?Can I raise the oven temperature to shorten baking time?
Making a Cake in a Mug?How can I make a cake in a mug, but using packaged cake mix?
Baking With Shaped Pans?I have a heart shaped metal pan. Actually there are six heart shapes in the pan. I want to make a simple valentine recipe. Could I use a cookie, cake, or cookie bar recipe from a box? Which would work best?
Why Are My Cookies Flat?Why did my cookies come out flat?
Cake Did Not Rise?I made a spice cake that I had made several years ago. I didn't have cake flour this time so I used plain flour. It was almost flat as a pancake. What could have caused this? Could it be not using cake flour, not creaming the shortening, sugars, and eggs enough?
Can I Use Unbleached Flour in Place of Regular All Purpose?Can unbleached all-purpose flour be used in recipes that call for regular all-purpose flour? I bought it by mistake. Thank you for answering.
Making a Sheet Cake?I am looking for a recipe for an extra large sheet cake (using box cake mix). I'm planning a large graduation party for my son. I have a large foil pan. It's called "full size" and measures 20x12 inches. Will this work?
How Do I Prevent Cake Frosting From Melting?How do you get cream cheese icing (frosting) to stiffen up? It always ends up running off my cake.
I Left the Cake Mix Open, Can I Still Use It?I opened a box of dry cake mix, put it in a bowl and left it out on the counter for two days. I didn't add any wet ingredients to it. Is it okay to still use it?
Substituting Packets for a Cake of Yeast?I am making a recipe that calls for a cake of yeast and I only have packets. How much equals a cake of yeast?
Dragees (Silver Ball) Cookie and Cake Decorations?Is anyone else having trouble finding "dragees"? These are the little silver balls for cookies and cake decorating.
Glaze Mix for Cake in a Mug?How much glaze mix do I put in the baggie for the cake in a mug recipe?
Different Types of Flour?Can someone tell me what the difference between bread flour, self rising, and regular flour?
Homemade Herman Bread?I am trying to make homemade Herman bread, but as soon as the heat hits it the top falls. This makes the whole loaf heavy and dense instead of light and fluffy. What am I doing wrong?
Reheating a Frozen Pre-cooked Pumpkin Pie?I would like to know if a cooked pumpkin pie can be frozen? If so how long would you reheat when ready to use? I over cooked for Thanksgiving and hate to throw it away if I can use at a later date.
Vinegar for Flaky Pie Crusts?I want to make my pie crust with vinegar. Does anyone have this recipe?
Baking Frozen Homemade Pies?I'm freezing unbaked, homemade fruit pies. I would like to know if I can bake them from the freezer without thawing them and what oven temperature to use. Will my Pyrex take freezer to oven use? Thank you.
Fresh Baked Bread Had Plastic-Like Taste?I just baked some bread last night using yeast and it had a funny plastic-like aftertaste sprinkled throughout the loaf. What could be the cause? I kneaded it by hand and baked it in the oven.
Fondant Patterns?I am looking for fondant patterns for the Build-A-Bear Cakes, especially the Christmas pattern. If anyone has some, it sure would be great, or a web site that has free patterns. Thanks.Cricket Girl
Making a Doll Cake?How do you make those cakes that have the doll standing up in the middle of the cake. Thanks for the help folks.
Calculating Cake Baking Time?I usually make a big Christmas cake (2lbs fruit, 6 eggs, 2 cups flour, etc., that usually takes a good two hours to cook, problem is, there are now only two of us, and we never get through it.
Best Apples for Pie?What do you consider the best apple to use for a really good Apple pie?
Cakes Sticking to the Pan?What is the easiest way to bake a cake without it sticking to the pan and spending all this time scrubbing the pan?
