1. Measuring Techniques How to Measure Accurately Mrs. Woodward- Bingham HS

2. Wash Hands Wash hands for at least 20 Seconds

3. Assemble and Gather ingredients

4. Liquid Measuring Cup Looks like a small glass pitcher

5. Measurement by cup type Liquid Dry

6. When measuring liquid Place the cup on a Level or Flat surface and read the measurement at EYE level

7. Brown Sugar and Shortening Should be packed into the measuring Cup

8. Flour should NEVER be packed, but should be SPOONED into the measuring Cup

9. Sifted Flour Many recipes allow you to removed TWO tablespoons of Flour instead of sifting. To sift flour Sift first, then meaure.

10. Powdered Sugar To get lumps out of Powdered Sugar SIFT IT

11. Measuring Shortening by Liquid Displacement

12. Softening Brown Sugar Place Bread or Apple slice in the bag, or microwave for a short time.

13. One Stick or Butter Equals = ½ Cup

14. 4 Sticks of Butter Equals = 1 pound

15. 16 Tablespoons is One Cup =

16. Use Measuring Spoons When When Measuring 1/8 Cup or less

17. Use Most Efficient piece of Equipment Use ¼ Cup instead of 4 Tablespoons. To measure 1/8 Cup use 2 Tablespoons.

18. Measure ¾ Cup ¼ Cup + ½ Cup = 3/4 Cup

19. Never Measure Ingredients Over the Mixing Bowl

20. Crack Eggs into A Bowl You wont get shells in Mixing Bowl If Egg is bad, you can throw it away without wasting ingredients.

21. When Cutting Recipe in Half or Doubling Same Cooking Temperature Change or Different Amount of Ingredients Length of Cooking Time Size of pan

22. When Using Glass Baking Pans Reduce the Oven Temperature 25 Degrees.