Hi there!

Every time I go to par-bake and/or blind bake my pie crust it ALWAYS ends up leaking butter and bubbling. Tonight was the closest I’ve gotten but it still leaked a little butter and even after my second bake without pie weights there was still a sheen melted butter all over.

I’ve been following Erin McDowell’s recipe and I make sure everything is extremely cold (I only use frozen butter), I grate 80% of my butter and then press the other 20% into large pieces to the size of walnut halves as she instructs, I make sure to rest my dough properly and to not rush, I dock all over and use either rice, beans, or sugar as pie weights, and I bake my crust directly from the fridge after resting for over an hour. I then bake at 425.

Does anyone know what might be happening?

Here’s her recipe:

https://youtu.be/UDc6pZjkIFI?is=JiJ3VKqMq-vvTkx2

I’m about to give up on pies for good 😭

I made cookie batter and put in in the fridge overnight and they are too cold to scoop. what do I do

Could I just substitute it for more plain flour? I don’t want to buy a whole bag of wholewheat flour for the sake of 35g.

Thanks!

The recipe calls for:

115 g dark chocolate

50 g butter

150 g powdered sugar

90 ml greek yogurt

Gently melt the chocolate and butter in a saucepan. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir the icing sugar and yoghurt into the melted mixture. Stir with a rubber spatula. Once the mixture is smooth, beat it with a hand mixer until it begins to thicken.

I did everything by a gram/ml, beat it for 5+ minutes and this is what I got. The first picture is the picture attached to the recipe. The second is obviously mine. I suspect they added whipped cream? I don't really understand how this is supposed to thicken and turn into this rich, light cream.. What am I missing :(

CONTEXT
Fat Daddio’s pans are made from anodized aluminum. They are known to bake hotter because the anodized aluminum heats up faster and has better heat retention than standard aluminum pans. The manufacturer even states to lower the oven temperature 25F vs what the recipe instructs.

QUESTIONS
How might lowering the oven temperature from 350F to 325F or 325F to 300F affect the reaction needed from the ingredients — ie, ingredient function?

Are there types of recipes where you would want to start off at the instructed oven temperature then lower the temperature per the manufacturer’s suggestion?

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My question is: Can I use two loaf pans instead of a 9x13 pan? I would split the recipe in half between the two. I'm sure it would affect cooking time (and maybe temp), so what can I do here? Find another recipe that's specific for loaf pans?

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It's difficult to get my hands on certain ingredients where I live, which is why I'm leaving out the rum in the cake, can't use whipped cream/cream cheese. Working with quite a bit of constraints lol. It also doesn't help that I've never actually have a pina colada or a pineapple cake.

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Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

-113g/1 stick of melted & browned butter (85-95 degrees)
-140g dark brown sugar
-70g white sugar
-1 egg yolk
-15g (1 Tbs) heavy cream
-5g (1 tsp) vanilla paste
-140g all purpose flour
-1g (1/4 tsp) salt
-2g (1/2tsp) baking soda
-140g bitter sweet chocolate

Method:

Add browned butter to a bowl with the brown and white sugar and whisk until incorporated. Add the egg yolk, vanilla and cream and mix. Fold in the dry ingredients followed by the chocolate.

Bake at 175° C for 8-10 minutes.

How much should I add and at what point in the recipe?

i have a brownie recipe that needs 200grams of butter i don’t have a stick of butter that comes with its little measurements stripes .. i only have a small tub .. will multiple tablespoons eventually make 200grams haha i am in Australia and Australian measurements seem to be nonexistent online its all us and uk and i don’t know if there is a difference.. is a cup o’ butter to much? I have measuring cups that have mls on them aswell just no grams .. or should i just wait until i can get the equipment or stick of butter next week ..

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I have a giant batch and would really like not to waste it. I've read someone say that I can melt the whole batch using a double broiler, let it set, then whip it again and I might try that. Does anyone have other tips for me?

I've seen a similar question and it's unclear to me. I might need some knowledge here.

I made a pumpkin pie 2 days ago and there was 2 things as leftover:

- the remaining puree of the can

- the pie filling (mix of the puree, salt, spices, eggs, evaporated milk)

I saved both in the fridge in masson jars, as I was 100% sure they can last at least 2 days. For the puree, checking everywhere it seems clear to me that can last in the fridge for a few days. For the prepared mix however... now checking online the question is not that clear, while I see a few post being a bit vague but leaning towards the idea that it's "fine" I see other info that says no more than 24 hours.

I hate to do this but AI keeps leading to me to the USDA guidelines saying that no more than 24hours...and specially a no if I'm going to serve it to the kid/teen. Then I see post of people saying it's totally fine as it's what stores do usually or even the gold standard of Sally's baking in recipes like this one saying that she actually prefers to do it 2 days in advance.

It's been exactly 52 hours now... since I'm hesitating lol... so it's about time to take a decision.

I've posted this question in baking and in baking noobs and at you can see the replies are again contradictory.

Any input on this?

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This is recipe i'm using: https://www.abeautifulplate.com/raspberry-roll-cake/

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I've tried wrapping it in a moist paper towel and plastic wrap and it resulted in it being a bit too moist.

Also willing to take any suggestions!

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but since then every day when I come into class my teacher says I can't work on anything other than biscuits until I get them right, and today was attempt 3.

The recipe is simple, 2 cups self rising flour, 1/3 cup shortening, 1 tablespoon sugar and 3/4 cup buttermilk​​​​. the biscuits tastes okay but they just won't rise. ​today I tried grating cold butter into the mixture ​instead and it tastes good but again no rising :(

since we aren't technically a recognized class we run out of ingredients sometimes and we don't have any buttermilk, so I use vinegar and milk​​​​

I know a lot of the tips like using cold ingredients, not overmixing/kneading and not twisting my cutter when stamping​​ but nothing is seeming to turn out right ❤️‍🩹 I really want to overcome this help?​​​

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Ingredient list

110g Egg
110g Sugar
0.5g Salt
16g Honey or corn syrup
3g Vanilla extract
75g Milk
40g Plain yogurt
40g Vegetable oil
85g Cake flour
30g Dark cocoa powder (regular cocoa powder can also be used)
3g Baking powder
1g Baking soda
55g Hot coffee or water

Baking instructions

Preheat oven to 190°C

Mix together egg, salt, vanilla extract, honey(or corn syrup) and sugar. Once combined add in the milk, vegetable oil and plain yogurt.

Sieve in the cake flour and dark cacao powder and add in the baking powder and baking soda and mix until smooth and well combined. Add in hot coffee (or water) into the mixture and mix.

Pour into a 36x26cm baking tray and tap until level, then bake for 14-15 minutes at 170°C.

A lot of cake recipes add oil along with butter to cream with sugars, but when cream both fats, the mixture becomes kinda runny yet still becomes pale.. does that mean it’s aerating? Should I cream the butter with sugar alone first then add oil?

Theu seemed to pass the toothpick twst, but when I cut them they were all gooey inside. They stayed longer on the oven too, around 10 minutes more than what the recipe suggested (180°C, with fan and 5 mins without it, recipe said 25 mins in the oven), tho I added chocolate chips that the recipe didn't have. They have been out for at most 30 minutes now. Are they salvageable? Can I put them back? I'm more concerned about the eggs staying raw than the texture. Also, this was my first time making brownies lol

Edit: I wet the parchment paper it make it stay put while I pour the batter. Could it have caused it?

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Ingredients for the crust:

200g AP flour
2/3 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
170g unsalted butter (melted and cooled)

Hello, last month I made some short crust pastry for a recipe, the recipe made double the amount of pastry needed so you could freeze half and make it again. I have never frozen pastry dough before.

I defrosted it over night and have gone to roll it out this morning, and it smells quite strongly? Like very strongly of butter, but maybe a bit cheesy. Is it okay? I'm not sure what could have happened if not as it has only been there for a month and it was frozen right after making it.