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How to stop my cupcakes from sticking to their cupcake wrappers?
I have found that every time I make cupcakes (or muffins, cornbread & hot dog muffins, etc) that the paper liner sticks to the finished cupcake. I know its not me because the Tim Hortons 'muffins' also stick to their liners.
How do I fix this?
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How much is a small/medium/large onion?
By size or weight - I never seem to know ...
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Why is there a difference between softened and melted butter when baking?
I once tried to make some cookies and assumed that melted butter would be the same as softened butter. It didn't work out...
Why does it make a difference if you use softened or melted butter? Seems like it all ends up the same if you beat it…
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How do I convert a weight of dried chick peas to volume of cooked?
I'm following a recipe that calls for 200g of dried chickpeas, soaked overnight. I have two 28 fl. oz. (796 ml) cans of chick peas, packed in water.
This is made complicated by two things:
You can't easily convert a weight measurement to a volume…
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What is going on genetically that restricts the number of generations a yogurt starter will last?
There are recommendations online that if you use supermarket yogurt as a starter for home made yogurt then you should not use the resulting yogurt as starter for another batch, or at least not more than a few times. The instructions for my yogurt…
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How can I seal a crack in a teapot in a foodsafe manner?
My glazed ceramic teapot has exhibited hairline cracks since I thrifted it. Tiny droplets of tea tend to bleed through, which probably means it isn’t foodsafe.
After a small shock to the pot’s exterior, two long thin shards have fallen out, leaving…
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What is the purpose of using potato peels for seasoning a cast iron pan?
My first ever cast iron pan just arrived. The package contains following seasoning directions.
Wash with clothes detergent (not soap or dish detergent) to remove the
rust protection coating.
Wash thoroughly with warm water to remove detergent.…
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What is sortexed rice?
Here is a link to rice I want to buy. It is quoted as being polished and sortexed. I was wondering exactly that meant? Sortexed is not a word I heard before.
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What is this freaky knife for?
It's long and skinny, like a bread knife. It doesn't show well in the photo, but there's a tiny fine serration on the edge of one of those pointy things…? I've asked the 2 chefs I know, and neither one of them even had a guess!
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How do tamales cook?
We just steamed a couple dozen tamales and I'm entirely baffled by the idea that they cook over hours. How? Why? What's happening?
I initially figured I could check for doneness with a temperature probe. After less than 30 minutes, the probe read…
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What is the function of this tool of my scissors?
What is the function of this part of my scizors.
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How to adequately secure a liquid filling in a piece of pastry?
I mixed peanut butter, chocolate, heavy cream, honey and froze it in an ice cube mold. Then I put those cubes into dough and baked at 180°C for 15 minutes. The dough is great, the filling is good, but all of them leaked:
How can I adequately…
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What is the point of the "oven" step in seasoning pans?
Many or most sets of instructions on how to season cast iron and carbon steel follow these steps:
Clean
Get really hot on the stovetop
Apply a very thin layer of oil
Heat for a short time, then take off the stove
Put it upside down in a medium oven…
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Why do I need sugar syrup for slush?
The title says it all. I am looking around for homemade slush recipes and all of them call for the juices of the fruit plus some mixture of water and sugar.
To my understanding, both water and sugar do not add anything to the texture of the finished…
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Is there an acceptable way of cooling red wine?
I've had several occasions by now when a red wine was clearly too warm on a hot day (a young wine with comparatively volatile bouquet and at room temperature that was way above the typically recommended drinking temperature for that kind of wine)…
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