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(photos-Google+ & Recipe Lion)

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(Source: Americas Most Wanted Recipes by Ron Douglas & photo also & Google+)

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••••WHEN BAKING BREAD, YOU GET A FINER TEXTURE IF YOU USE MILK IN THE RECIPE. WATER MAKES A COARSER BREAD.••••

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(Source: Redbookmag.com & Dorie Greenspan & courtesy of JIM & Google+ photos)

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••••TEFLON FOR THE WIN!!!

•Metal molds are much cheaper, but you have to butter them and flour them and sometimes also use parchment paper.  

•With a Teflon mold, you don't need anything else. You just butter it, you bake in it, and the cake or whatever you're making slips right out.

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(Source: Redbookmag.com-August 2015 & courtesy of JIM & Dominique Ansel, Dominique Ansel Bakery in NYC & Tokyo; inventor of the Cronut (1) & dominiqueansel.com photos & inquisitor.com & food beasties.com & bliss tree.com & dailymail.co.uk)

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••••PREP MAKES PERFECT••••

••••Baking is not like cooking, which is about knowing the ingredients and working as you go.  Baking is about reading the full recipe, understanding it, making sure you have all the tools necessary to complete it and then doing it.

••••Also, measure ingredients at the beginning and line them up.  It takes more space in the kitchen, but it's always easier in the end.

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(Source: Redbookmag.com - August 2015 & courtesy of JIM & Dorie Greenspan-Baking Chez Moi & Google+ photos)

••••STOP OPENING THE OVEN DOOR••••

•Do it only when you have to-to rotate pans, to test for doneness. Your oven drops in temperature when you open the door, and it takes awhile for it to cycle back to temp, which affects baking time. Use the oven light  to check on things. That's why it's there!!

••••WOW!!! WHAT A OVEN!!!

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(Source: Redbookmagazine.com August 2015 & courtesy of JIM & Google+ pics & Dorie Greenspan - Baking Chez Moi & clip art.com)

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•••TRY THIS TRICK TO PORTION OUT BATTER••••

•For a layer cake, use a ladle and alternate between pans. For muffins, pour the batter into a big measuring cup and portion it out that way. 

•When a cookie recipe calls for, say, 2 tablespoons of butter.  It means exactly that-don't use rounded scoops.