Top 10 Baking Dos and Don'ts

If you’ve ever made cookies or a cake that didn’t turn out so well, you might have made some common baking mistakes. So before putting your oven gloves on, read these important dos and don’ts to help your achieve greater baking success:

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1. Do read the recipe right through

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2. Do preheat the oven according to the recipe

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3. Do get to know your oven's idiosyncrasies

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…and adjust the temperature, timing and shelf positioning accordingly.

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4. Do prepare baking pans as indicated by the recipe

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5. Do weigh and measure ingredients accurately

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Use standard metric measuring cups and spoons or scales when needed.

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6. Don't skip the sifting step

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It incorporates air and mixes dry ingredients.

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7. Don't substitute unless the recipe indicates it's okay to do so

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8. Don't use a different sized pan than indicated in the recipe and expect the same results

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9. Don't overmix your dough

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Especially if you’re baking cookies, overmixing can increase gluten and result in tough, really dense cookies.

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10. Don’t open the oven door too early

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Wait until at least half of the baking time has passed before opening the door.

For more baking related stories, read Know Your Baking Ingredients and 5 Pro Baking Tips To Creating The Perfect Cupcake.

Text: Australian Women’s Weekly / Additional Reporting: Elizabeth Liew

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Top 10 Baking Dos and Don’ts

Read these handy tips to achieve greater baking success and ensure that your cakes, cookies, brownies etc turn out just the way they’re meant to

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Top 10 Baking Dos and Don’ts

Read these handy tips to achieve greater baking success and ensure that your cakes, cookies, brownies etc turn out just the way they’re meant to

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