How to Tackle a Recipe

The key to good cooking is to read the recipe carefully. Before you begin cooking:

1. Check to see that you have all the necessary ingredients for the recipe you have selected. Assemble the ingredients.

2. Assemble the equipment you will need for measuring, mixing, cooking, or baking.

3. Turn on the oven to the required temperature if a preheated oven is necessary.

4. Measure the ingredients accurately with the appropriate measuring cup or spoon.

5. Follow the procedure given in the recipe for combining ingredients.

6. Follow directions given for cooking and baking. Use as nearly as possible the size pan suggested. Follow cooking time or baking time and temperatures given, but remember to test for doneness by physical means since oven heat varies. Use cooking thermometers for baking, deep fat frying and candy making.

7. Handle the finished product as recommended by the recipe. Follow directions for removing from the pan, molding, chilling, etc.

8. When making substitutions in a recipe, follow the rules for substitution and equivalents carefully.

9. To reduce a recipe, choose a recipe in which the ingredients may be divided easily. Measure smaller quantities carefully. It is not always possible to reduce successfully certain recipes such as boiled frosting, steamed puddings, etc.

10. To increase a recipe, it is best not to exceed doubling the quantities of ingredients at one time. When the recipe is doubled, the cooking time is not necessarily increased since the larger quantity may be baked in two pans or a larger pan of no greater depth.

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