Monday, January 22, 2007

Sherri's Helpful Hints













For a sugar substitute, use 3/4 cup honey if a recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar.

Run out of ketchup?Use 1 cup tomato sauce, 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tablespoons vinegar. Mix well.

How to make powdered sugar: Mix 1 cup granulated sugar and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch. Place in a blender at medium speed for about 1-2 minutes.

Try to use fresh herbs whenever possible-They are loaded with antioxidants! Dried Herbs are good, but fresh is better!

To stop the meringue from shrinking away from the sides of a pie, be sure that when you put the meringue on top, you make sure it touches the pastry all around the edge. This way, it will bake onto the pastry and will not shrink!

When making cookies, always use unsalted butter, never margarine. The unsalted butter gives the cookies a lighter texture.

Do you have a recipe for cake flour, but you only have all purpose flour on hand? Take your all purpose flour and sift the flour about 5 times! It does the trick.

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