Substitutions and Equivalents
Substitutions are ingredients that will work in the recipes like other ingredients. Equivalents are measuring amounts of standard ingredients. For instance, in the chart below you will see that one large egg yolk is the equivalent of 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon. Find handy charts here.
Equivalents
Equivalents are measuring amounts of standard ingredients. For instance, in the chart below you will see that one large egg yolk is the equivalent of 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon. If a recipe calls for 1 cup graham crackers crumbs, do you know how many whole graham crackers you should have to crush?
Equivalents are measuring amounts of standard ingredients. For instance, in the chart below you will see that one large egg yolk is the equivalent of 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon. If a recipe calls for 1 cup graham crackers crumbs, do you know how many whole graham crackers you should have to crush?
Substitutions
Substitutions are ingredients that will work in the recipes like other ingredients. For instance, 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder plus 1 tablespoons of shortening can be substituted for 1 square of unsweetened baking chocolate in a recipe.
Substitutions are ingredients that will work in the recipes like other ingredients. For instance, 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder plus 1 tablespoons of shortening can be substituted for 1 square of unsweetened baking chocolate in a recipe.
Recipe Scaling
All Recipes comes through again! If you want to halve, double, or triple a recipe, this is a handy guide that will help you through the process and have good results.
All Recipes comes through again! If you want to halve, double, or triple a recipe, this is a handy guide that will help you through the process and have good results.
American Food Terms for Europeans
This is such a handy article if you are a newcomer to the United States and North America. It explains some of the food terms peculiar to the U.S.
This is such a handy article if you are a newcomer to the United States and North America. It explains some of the food terms peculiar to the U.S.
Ingredient Yields
It's sometimes difficult to know how many apples to buy for a yield of 6 cups of peeled, sliced apples. Do you know how many vanilla wafers yield 1/2 cup of crushed crumbs? Kansas City University has published a convenient chart that will answer questions. You need Acrobat Reader to view these charts.
It's sometimes difficult to know how many apples to buy for a yield of 6 cups of peeled, sliced apples. Do you know how many vanilla wafers yield 1/2 cup of crushed crumbs? Kansas City University has published a convenient chart that will answer questions. You need Acrobat Reader to view these charts.