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Converting Quick Bread Recipe for Muffins?I have a delicious recipe for fresh rhubarb loaf. Can I make muffins with this recipe and if so how long should I bake them. The loaf recipe calls for 55 to 60 minutes at 350F.

 

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Cakes Not Browning?My cakes are not browning when I use three layers. How do I get them to brown without drying them out?

 

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Making Bread Machine Rolls?I'm using the "dough" mode. After it is done and I make rolls. Do I need to make the rolls and let it rise again or is it ready to bake right out of the bread machine? Thank you.

 

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Bread from Bread Machine Has Plastic Taste?We got our machine from the thrift store and tried it for the first time today, after washing it and all that.

 

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Problems Baking in Electric Oven?I have several old baking recipes that say bake only in a gas oven. When I tried to bake these cookies in my electric oven they would be burnt or uncooked in the center. Have any suggestions?

 

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Effects of Humidity on Baking Cakes?I recently moved to Florida from Vermont and find the humidity makes the flour very heavy and in order to have my cakes rise better I have been sifting the flour at least 4x. Does humidity effect ones baking ?

 

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Baking Powder Leavening Substitute?Does anyone have a vinegar to baking soda ratio to use as leavening in biscuits or cake? I'm looking for a baking powder substitute, as it does not have a long storage life.

 

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Why Use Baking Soda In Cake Icing?Why use baking soda in cake icing?

 

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Freezing Boxed Cake Mix Batter?There are only two of us. When mixing up a boxed cake, can I freeze half the batter to bake later?

 

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Using Expired Cake Mix?How much baking powder or baking soda can I use to add to an expired box of Duncan Hines cake mix to help with the rising?

 

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Making Banana Bread in a GT Xpress 101 Cooker?Can I make banana bread in my GT XPRESS 101 cooker?

 

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Measuring Yeast When Making Bread?I am looking for some help in finding the amount, in kilograms, of yeast to add to 25 lbs of flour when making bread.

 

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Using Whole Eggs in a White Cake Mix?Is the point of using egg whites in the Duncan Hines white cake mix just because it may change the color? I'm going to use food coloring so I would rather use whole eggs if it's all the same.

 

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Baking Bread in a #303 Size Can?What products come in a no. 303 can nowadays? I am going to try a recipe for bread that calls for a no. 303 can.

 

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Using Silicone Bakeware?When using silicone muffin liners, do I need to "condition" with oil before first use, and is it necessary to use a muffin pan, or will cookie sheet work?

 

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Bread and Coffee Cake Not Rising?Do you whisk your flour, stir with a spoon, or do anything special to your flour before measuring? All of a sudden my bread and coffee cake isn't rising like it used to. I bought new yeast and new flour. I'm stuck. I done it for years and now all of a sudden I have flat coffee cake. It tastes good, but....

 

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Using a Hitachi Home Bakery ll HB-B102?I have a Hitachi Home Bakery ll HB-B102 and no manual. I need to know how long to bake wheat bread. There is no setting for basic bread or wheat bread. Can you help?

 

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Making Pound Cake from Boxed Cake Mix?When making the pound cake, can a regular pound cake pan be used or must it be a tube pan?

 

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Banana Bread Rises in the Middle?Why does my banana bread rise in the middle?

 

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Using a Hitachi Bread Machine?I have a Hitachi HBB201 that I bought of a yard sale. Can you just press bake instead of all the steps? My last three loaves have failed

 

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Using Frozen Zucchini for Baking?If you freeze 2 cups of zucchini, is it still considered 2 cups after thawing when using it to bake bread due to the shrinkage in size?

 

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Bread Dough Collapses After Baking?Why does the top of a loaf collapse after baking? The dough rises well, but then collapses.

 

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Bread Made With Frozen Zucchini Not Rising?I used frozen zucchini for my zucchini bread recipe. (I did also add some shredded apple). I drained the zucchini thru a strainer, but it was still quite wet when I mixed it with the other ingredients. My zucchini bread is moist and tastes great. It just doesn't rise.

 

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Cornbread is Always Hard?My cornbread is hard. I add sour cream and oil, along with milk and an egg. But it is just awful. Please help. I have tried so many recipes, but it doesn't help. They aren't what I expect.

 

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Bread Sticking in Welbilt Loaf Pan?My Welbilt bread machine is older and the bread is sticking to the bottom and lower sides of the loaf pan when it is fully baked. Can I take the kneaded dough out of the loaf pan before the final rising and spray the loaf pan with cooking spray and then return it to the machine?

 

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Lining an Oven Rack with a Silicone Baking Sheet?I just bought a silicone baking sheet and I was thinking about just putting it under my metal cupcake pans to line my over rack. Can I do that without putting a cookie sheet under it, or will it ruin it?

 

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Birthday Cake Decorations for a Hunter?My husband is a hunter and I saw a picture (on Pinterest) of cupcakes with shotguns shells made out of fondant on top of them. I am not good with fondant, so I was wondering what candies I could use to make them look like shot gun shells.

 

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Cake Crust Above Top?When I bake a cake and take it out of the oven to cool, and give it plenty of time before taking it out of pan I find that the crust is way above the cake. I then have to pull the crust off of the top and flip the cake bottoms up to glaze. Even my pound cakes.

 

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Frosting Won't Stay on Cupcakes?I found a homemade buttercream, it's made with confectioners sugar, real butter, vanilla, and a little heavy whipping cream. I took it to work, and a coworker grabbed one and tipped it a little when eating it and the whole wad of frosting just popped right off the top in one magnificent swirl.

 

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Baking a Pound Cake?I have baked pound cake many of times, but with a bundt pan. But this time the pans are square with no hole. How do I get it to bake in the middle without drying the outside of the cake?

 

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Making Zucchini Bread with Frozen Zucchini?If my recipe for zucchini bread calls for 3 cups of zucchini how much frozen zucchini should I use?

 

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Problems Making a Box Cake?When I bake a box cake it comes out moist, but when you cut it, it turns all crumbly. You get maybe 1/2 slice and the rest is crumbs.

 

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Batter Sticks to Fluted Bundt Muffin Pan?I have a NordicWare fluted bundt muffin pan; and it sticks so badly it tear sthe muffins up when trying to get them out. I know I can use the baking cups, but then I don't get the pretty formation of the pan's muffins. I tried spraying with Pam the last time I used it, but it is as if I used nothing. I

 

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Using a HB-b101 Bread Machine?I bought a used HB-b101 bread machine. The measuring cup is missing. What are the equivalents?

 

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Crust Hard on Bread Machine Loaf?What am I doing wrong? Why is the crust so hard?

 

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Baking Meatloaf in Silicone Pan?Do I have to use cooking spray on silicone bake pans before I bake a meatloaf?

 

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Baking in an Electric Skillet?Can you cook brownies in an electric skillet?

 

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Muffins Stick to the Paper?Why do my bran muffins stick to the paper?

 

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Best Frosting for Decorating Cupcakes?I want to learn to decorate cupcakes. Can I use store bought frosting instead of homemade. Seems like in all the videos I've watched, they are using homemade.

 

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Heating Frozen Previously Baked Pies?After you take your frozen already baked pie from the freezer, at what temperature do you warm it and for how long? And if you don't bake it first, at what temp and for how long do you bake a frozen pie?

 

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Making Cranberry Orange Bread?I have 3 questions. Do you have to use baking powder when using self-rising flour? Can you use dried cranberries instead of fresh/frozen? Can you use 1/4 cup vegetable oil instead of butter?

 

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Making a Pecan Pie?How do I use a store bought pie crust for my pecan pies, and make it so they do not stick or get too brown on top?

 

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Mixing Instructions for Hitachi Bread Machine?What are the mixing instructions according to the use and care manual for Hitachi HB-B102?

 

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Reheating a Frozen Pumpkin Pie?I was wondering if it is a good idea to warm a pumpkin pie in the oven after it has been frozen and thawed in the fridge? Perhaps on low temp?

 

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Making Boxed Cake Moist?What can I put in my box cake mix to make it more moist?

 

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Using Muffin Pans Without Paper Liners?This recipe tells you to use paper liners in the muffin pan. Please explain what you would need to do if you did not have the paper liners in the pan.

 

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Making a Pecan Pie?I made two pecan pies and the syrup went under the crust while baking, can you tell me what I did wrong? I did prick the crust with fork before pouring the syrup mix. Thank you. I don't have a picture, we ate it any way.

 

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Boxed Cake Mix Failed to Rise?I used a white cake mix and followed all directions to the 'T.' It would not rise. I then bought a yellow cake mix and it would not rise. Why oh why? I bought them at the same store. Could they be old? I have been using cake mixes for 30 years and never had this problem.

 

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Using Yeast in a Bread Machine?Can you use rapid or regular yeast or or cake?

 

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Keeping Muffins Warm Without an Oven?How can I keep muffins warm without an oven for about 30 minutes?

 

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Egg Whites for Angel Food Cake?I made an angel food cake using 12 egg whites from a carton of eggs, whose sell by date may have passed or was almost ready to pass. The eggs had set outside the fridge for about 24 hours ...

 

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Dusting a Cake With Powdered Sugar?Will the powder sugar melt if I dust them the day before I want to serve the cake?

 

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Pre-mixing Biscuit Dough?Can I mix the ingredients for biscuits and bake them later, just before dinner?

 

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Temperature Control in Oven Inaccurate?I have problems with temperature control in my small oven. I have to cover with foil for part of the baking time and also turn temperature down 25 degrees. I still have problems, like burned or overcooked sides of brownies.

 

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Cake Sinks in the Middle?I have baked three different recipes for three cakes, all bake well, but when I let it stand to cool, they all have sunk in the middle. When I cut the middle seems uncooked. Why is this happening?

 

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Easy Way to Flour Pans?Someone posted a method to easily grease and flour pans. I lost it and would like to know the proportions. It was flour, oil, and vegetable shortening I think.

 

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Making a White Cake Using Whole Eggs?Can I use whole eggs for a white cake mix? I am putting in half the batter.

 

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Substitute Baking Dish for Making a Tart?What can I substitute for a tart baking dish?

 

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Thickening Canned Fruit Juice?I have looked high and low, and can't find (or discover through trial and error) a method of cooking and thickening, the canned fruit juice to then use in a cobbler. If you do nothing, it's just too runny.

 

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Name for Kitchen Tool Used to Put Icing on a Cupcake?What are those things called that you use to put icing on a cupcake?

 

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Cheesecake Split Across Center?I made an Oreo cheesecake yesterday. I found it had started to split open right across the centre. Can you please help?

 

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No-Melt Frosting for Cupcakes?I'm making cupcakes, but I'm trying to figure out what's better cream cheese or frosting? I want my cupcakes to look nice and not to melt what do you guys suggest?

 

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Cakes Baked from Scratch Are Dry?I bake from scratch and my white and yellow cakes are always dry and my cupcakes are like biscuit consistency. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? Any tips?

 

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Using a Bread Machine?Will my bread machine continue with its regular cycle after a power surge? My bread machine was in the "rising" mode when we had a power surge. I don't have a manual because it was purchased at a yard sale.

 

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Large Marshmallow in the Base of Ice Cream Cupcake Cone?I remember in the early 1970s a TV homemaking program that put a large marshmallow in the bottom of the ice cream cone before adding batter to make the ice cream cupcakes. Does anyone else remember this and does it work?

 

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Using Frozen Blueberries Instead of Fresh for Baking?I am planning on making a cake recipe that calls for fresh blueberries. I have a big bag of frozen ones and would prefer to use them up.

 

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Difference Between a Cupcake and a Muffin?What is the difference between the mixture and texture of a cupcake and a muffin? For example, the difference between a banana cupcake and a banana muffin. When is it called a cupcake and when a muffin?

 

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Heart Shaped Cake Pan with Hole in the Middle?I just picked up a heart shaped pan at an estate sale. The size looks like it would hold 1 box of cake mix, but it has a hole in the middle (6 inches) in diameter. What kind of pan is this?

 

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Making Cake Filling With Jam?I found a yummy cake recipe that uses jam as a filling between layers. It comes from an old cookbook and doesn't have exact measurements. It says, "one glass of jam between each layer".

 

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Bread Not Rising in Welbilt Bread Machine?I use a Welbilt Bread Machine ABM 3100. I have had this bread machine for a long time and it worked fine. The last 2 times the bread didn't rise.

 

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Adding Lemon Flavor to White Cake Mix?I am using a white cake mix, can I substitute lemon juice for the water to make it a lemon cake?

 

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Best Cake Mix for Half and Half Cake?I am trying to bake a half and half chocolate cake and a vanilla cake and wanted to know the best box cake mix to use. I always made the cakes seperately and know that chocolate cake takes a little longer time to cook than the vanilla cake.

 

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Bread Machine Loaf Size?I have a West Bent 41030 and I do not know how to tell if it is a 1 1/2 or a 2 lb loaf.

 

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Cake Falls When Taken Out of Oven?My cake rises nicely in the oven and then when I take it out, it begins to shrink. Not sure what I am doing wrong?

 

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Packets of Yeast in a Case?How many packets of yeast are in a case? These are the small packets of about 2 1/4 tsp.

 

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Making a White Chocolate Cake from Box Mix?Can you take a white cake mix and add white chocolate chips (melted) to the batter and make it taste good? Or is that just a waste of time and effort?

 

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Baking a Boxed Cake?How much does a boxed cake mix rise? I'm using an aluminum throw away, lollipop shaped cake pan. How full do I fill it?

 

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What can I Bake with These Ingredients?I have eggs, vanilla extract, flour, and brown and white sugar.

 

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Reducing the Size and Cooking Time of a Recipe?If I have a recipe for a pudding for eight people, how do I gauge cooking time if I half the size?

 

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Using Frozen Zucchini for Bread?I used frozen zucchini the other day and drained the liquid and my bread did not turn out the same as if it was fresh. It's dry inside and the outside doesn't even have the same look as when it does with the fresh. Did I maybe drain to much of the liquid off?

 

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Curing an Aebleskiver Pan?I have not used it for many years and it looks awful. I have cleaned it up, but how long and at what temperature do I have it in the oven?

 

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Making a Boxed Cake Mix Moist?I want to have a moist Pillsbury supreme strawberry cake. What should I do to make the cake moist?

 

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Refreezing Banana Mash?My banana mash was out of the freezer long enough for the outside layer of mash to thaw. The center and main chunk stayed frozen. So I put it back in the freezer. Do you think I could still thaw it totally out and use it to bake?

 

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Using Biscuits to Make Turnovers?To make apple or cherry turnovers can I use Grand biscuits as the crust instead of having to make pie crust? I just don't want the dough to be to gummy.

 

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New Cake Pan Does Not Bake as Well as Old One?Why does a new pound cake pan not do as good as my old one?

 

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Do You Grease Silicone Baking Pans?Would you grease a silicone bread pan? I am making zucchini bread.

 

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Zebra Pattern Frosted Brownies?I volunteer at a zoo and would like to bring "zebra brownies" to our next volunteer meeting. I am trying to figure out to to put a zebra pattern (edible) on top of a pan of brownies. Any suggestions on what to use to do this? The easier the better, please.

 

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Using Old Cake Mix?If you bake an old cake mix (April '08) will it taste okay and not make anyone sick? Please advise.

 

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Making a Cake with Half a Box of Mix?How do I use 1/2 cake mix to make a whole cake?

 

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Making Cherry Cake?When making cherry cake how do you prevent the cherries sinking to the bottom? I recently made a cherry cake and the recipe suggested folding the cherries in ground almonds before folding into the mixture. I did this, but the cherries still sunk to the bottom of the cake.

 

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Baking Two Cake Mix Flavors in the Same Pan?How do I make a cake in the same pan with 2 different kinds of cake?

 

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Shopping for Royal Icing Decorations?Where can I buy royal icing flowers and decorations at a discounted price?

 

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Keeping Butter Cream Frosting from Melting?How do bakeries keep butter cream frosting from melting in hot and humid weather when transporting over 250 miles?

 

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Baking Time for a Smaller Cake Pan?I'm baking a sheet cake for my sister's birthday and I don't have a 13x9 inch pan. I do have a 9x9x2 inch pan. If I use the 9x9 inch pan, how long do I have to cook it for? The usual time for the 13x9 inch is 22 minutes. Help! A fast reply would be appreciated as I am rapidly running out of time.

 

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Cake Rises Higher in Center?Why does my cake rise higher in the middle?

 

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Use Lemon Juice in Recipes?I want to try the following recipe, but want to know if anyone can tell me what the lemon juice is there for? Does it matter? Should it be fresh or bottled? Any help will be appreciated!

 

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Baking Pumpkin Pie?Why do my pumpkin pies have a skin like top after I baked them?

 

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Frozen Bananas Watery?I pulled my bananas out of the freezer and let them sit out overnight. The next day they were watery; can I still use them for banana cake?

 

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Choosing Dried Fruit for Cookie Filling?What dried fruit goes with dried cherries for a filled cookie?

 

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Bread is Dark from Edge into the Loaf?When I make a sweet bread loaf (no yeast), the outer edge and into the loaf is dark, though not burned. I use a convection oven and make several loaves at the same time. Any ideas?

 

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Shipping Cookies to Afghanistan?I would like to ship home baked cookies to Afghanistan from Pennsylvania, USA. Are there certain cookies that ship better than others? What is a good packing method so the cookies arrive without becoming broken?

 

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Baking with Self Rising Flour?Do you put baking soda in self rising flour?

 

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