Ten Baking Tips That May Be New to You

-Replacing baking powder with cornstarch and all purpose flour with cake flour makes softer, fluffier cookies.

 -Butter can be replaced with mashed bananas, avocado, or unsweetened applesauce to make it healthier

- Reducing the heat during baking can create fluffier and better-risen cupcakes (such as reducing the heat from 350 F to 325 F around 3/4 the way through baking cupcakes).

-If a recipe doesnt say how large to make the cookie dough, a standard cookie recipe bakes dough the size of one tablespoon.

-In a pinch, buttermilk can be subbed with 1 cup milk + 1 tablespoon vinegar/ lemon juice.

-To keep a pot from boiling over, you can place a wooden spoon across the top of the pot.

-A glass bowl on top of a pot of water (but not touching the water) can replace a double boiler.

-Adding 1/2 a cup of real mayonaise can make cakes more moist.

-Overmixing batter after the dry ingredients have been added can create a dense and undesireably-textured result.

-You can see If an egg is expired by putting in a bowl of water. If it floats, it's perfect. Half-submerged means its still good, but if it sinks to the bottom it's time to toss it.