Culinary tricks for good baking

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To get good pastries, you just need to have a good mood. But our TOP-20 tips will make the cooking process much easier.

1Tip 1

Before using an electric or gas oven, place a sheet of white paper in the middle of the baking tray, place it on the middle shelf of the oven, and turn on the maximum heat. Note the time it takes for the paper to turn light brown.

The time it takes for the paper to darken is the time it takes to preheat the oven.

2Tip 2

To prevent the products from burning when baking in the oven and getting an appetizing golden crust, sprinkle a little coarse salt under the pan.

3Tip 3

If you are concerned that the product will burn, cover the pan with wet parchment paper, but so that it does not touch the dough. After 10 minutes, check how the pastry is coming along.

4Tip 4

After removing the product from the oven, place it in the pan on a towel moistened with cold water and cool. After that, the pastry will be easily released from the pan.

5Tip 5

Never pour flour into liquid, but on the contrary, gradually add liquid to flour.

6Tip 6

If you add 2 boiled, grated potatoes to 500g of flour, the dough will be looser.

7Tip 7

The dough will acquire an unpleasant smell and taste if you overdo it with soda. If you don't add it, the dough will not bake well.

8Tip 8

If there is little sugar in the dough, the product will turn out pale. If there is too much sugar, the dough will rise less, and the middle will remain unbaked.

9Tip 9

Unleavened dough products will be crumbly if you add a spoonful of cognac to the dough.

10Tip 10

Apples in a pie will cook faster if you put a pot of hot water in the oven.

11Tip 11

Peeled apples and pears for the filling will retain their color if you wrap them in a vinegar-soaked napkin before cooking.

12Tip 12

Fruits are sprinkled with sugar at the end of cooking, otherwise they will release too much juice.

13Tip 13

Walnuts for cakes and pastries will acquire a pleasant taste if they are lightly toasted before cooking.

14Tip 14

Before using, cinnamon should be dried a little on the stove and then crushed with sugar.

15Tip 15

If you are going to add raisins to the dough, then after washing it, dry it thoroughly, otherwise voids will form around it when baking.

16Tip 16

To cut a crumbly cake, you need to heat the knife by lowering it into boiling water or sharpening it over a flame.

17Tip 17

Want to get a golden crust? Grease the dough before baking with milk, fat, egg, sweet or salted water – something in one, of course.

18Tip 18

If you decide to bake a pie with berries, do not put sugar in the filling, it is better to make the dough sweeter, and sprinkle the finished pie with powdered sugar on top.

19Tip 19

So that the filling does not “run away” when baking a fruit cake, insert a few macaroni into the pie – the juice will rise up these tubes, and the baking sheet will NOT burn.

20Tip 20

A baked product with a high sugar content will acquire a more uniform brown color if instead of granulated sugar, add powdered sugar to the dough.