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You open up the bacon and carefully lay it out on the baking pan, the put it in the oven at a perfect 275 degrees. Your kitchen starts to fill with that beautiful bacon aroma, and you step outside to take a call. When you return to the kitchen, that wonderful smell has turned into the smell of bacon burning! In a panic, you open up the oven, and sure enough you had left it in for too long... So what do you do now? Do you throw it out, and start over? Good bacon isn't cheap, and it seems like such a waste! Do you power it down, and just try to not think about that burnt flavor and the extra brittleness? Well, that doesn't sound all that good, and at 50 or so calories a slice, you want to be able to enjoy it. Here's what I do: put the bacon in a pan with some pork broth, and let it simmer at a low temperature for 5 or 10 minutes. The bacon will soften, and any burnt flavor will filter into the broth, and leave you with just the taste of bacony goodness! And if you cook it too long, and it gets a little more limp than you wanted? No problem! Just fry it in a little bit of butter to crisp it back up to your liking when you're ready to munch it down. Enjoy, and you're welcome! A special thank you to Stacie Nerdahl for her video editing skills! #innovation #creativity #culinary #cooking #cheflife

How Long Does It Take To Prepare, Bake, And Assemble The Tri-Color Cream Cake? The time it takes to whip up, bake, and put together the 15 August Cake can change a bit depending on stuff like the recipe you’re using and how good of a baker you are. Usually, getting everything ready means collecting your ingredients, measuring them out just right, and mixing them up as per the directions, which might take around 30 to 45 minutes or so. This part’s really important 'cause it’s what builds up the cake's texture and taste. After that, baking usually adds about another 25 to 35 minutes on top of that, but it all hinges on factors like oven heat and how big your cake layers are. You’ve got to keep an eye on it while baking just to make sure the cakes puff up nice and get that golden-brown hue without going overboard with cooking them.  For more information regarding the tri-color cream cake click the mentioned link below: https://lnkd.in/duGEGQXK

Top Tips for STYLING stacked sandwiches 🪄 All year round, I can not turn down a stacked sandwich! It's one of my fav foods! They can be bright, colourful, and oozing with goodness, but sometimes pretty tricky to style and capture correctly! Here are my top 3 tips to level up your sandwich game! ➡️ Don’t be afraid to double your ingredients. Stack that baby high and showcase each layer of ingredients. For food photos, the more appetising, the better and stacked sannies photograph much better ... Oh, and you get to eat it afterward, so it’s a win-win! ➡️ To keep everything together, stack your ingredients at the front. You pretty much will never shoot the back of the sandwich, so use some creative license and just add some fillers in the back for height (additional bread works well and tooth picks to hold everything together) ➡️ As you want everything to look as fresh as possible, utilise bright colours and the freshest ingredients. Greens and reds work really well in sandwiches along with melted cheese, and if you can add extra sauce, do! By adding a lot of sauce, you can catch a drip while also making it look finger-licking good! Shot, styled, and developed for Waitoa chicken on a recent recipe development campaign 🍗🍗 • • • #foodphotography #foodstyling #newzealand #foodie #recipedeveloper  

If a recipe told you to bake these banana chocolate chip muffins at 350° F for 20-25 minutes, would you follow it blindly? For most, the answer is probably yes. The writer is the expert, after all. But do you know what the writer can't account for? Your specific environment. My oven runs about 10° hotter than it reads, so instead of baking it for 20-25min, I baked them for 15min. The result was beautiful, fluffy muffins that were moist and flavorful. If I had baked them 5-10min longer, they would have been overcooked, dry, and unappetizing. While the expert gave me guidelines, I used my senses and background knowledge to get the result that was best for my specific environment. Experts can give you guidelines, but they don't know your environment. Use their advice accordingly.

It’s Fab Friday! Reward yourself for making it through the week with this super-tasty baked banana chips recipe. Ingredients 2 just-ripe bananas, sliced in 1/10-inch-thick rounds, or more as needed 1 teaspoon lemon juice, or to taste Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread banana slices out onto the prepared baking sheet, making sure slices are not touching. Brush with lemon juice. Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes. Check bananas, lifting slices up to separate from the paper once or twice. Continue baking until bananas are dried out, 30 to 90 minutes more. Let bananas cool until crispy, at least 5 minutes. Enjoy! 😋 PS. Know someone who loves fabulous food? Tag them in this post so they can enjoy the recipe too! #cookingathome #healthyrecipes

It’s Fab Friday! Reward yourself for making it through the week with this super-tasty baked banana chips recipe. Ingredients 2 just-ripe bananas, sliced in 1/10-inch-thick rounds, or more as needed 1 teaspoon lemon juice, or to taste Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread banana slices out onto the prepared baking sheet, making sure slices are not touching. Brush with lemon juice. Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes. Check bananas, lifting slices up to separate from the paper once or twice. Continue baking until bananas are dried out, 30 to 90 minutes more. Let bananas cool until crispy, at least 5 minutes. Enjoy! 😋 PS. Know someone who loves fabulous food? Tag them in this post so they can enjoy the recipe too! #cookingathome #healthyrecipes

This festive Apple Cobbler recipe is perfect for the holidays! 🎄 ⠀ Not only will your family love it, but it's super easy to make and only requires five ingredients. ⠀ Ingredients: ⠀ 1 cup self-rising flour 1 cup white sugar ½ cup butter, softened ½ teaspoon American Botanicals Cinnamon 4 Granny Smith apples, cored and sliced 🍎 ⠀ Directions: ⠀ 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9x9 baking dish. ⠀ 2. Blend together flour, sugar, butter, and cinnamon in a large bowl until the mixture is in crumbles. Set aside a 3/4 cup of the mixture to use as a topping. ⠀ 3. Sprinkle a slim layer of the crumble mixture onto your baking dish. Top with the sliced apples. Continue to do alternating layers of the mixture and apples until you end with apples at the top. Then put the 3/4 cup of the crumble mixture on top. ⠀ 4. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, or until the apples are tender. Allow the cobbler to cool for 10 minutes before you serve. Enjoy! ⠀ #HolidayRecipes #Cinnamon #Cobbler

It’s Fab Friday! Reward yourself for making it through the week with this super-tasty baked banana chips recipe. Ingredients 2 just-ripe bananas, sliced in 1/10-inch-thick rounds, or more as needed 1 teaspoon lemon juice, or to taste Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F (110 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread banana slices out onto the prepared baking sheet, making sure slices are not touching. Brush with lemon juice. Bake in the preheated oven for 90 minutes. Check bananas, lifting slices up to separate from the paper once or twice. Continue baking until bananas are dried out, 30 to 90 minutes more. Let bananas cool until crispy, at least 5 minutes. Enjoy! 😋 PS. Know someone who loves fabulous food? Tag them in this post so they can enjoy the recipe too! #cookingathome #healthyrecipes

🥨 Happy National Pretzel Day! 🎉 Today, we celebrate one of the tastiest and most iconic snacks around—the pretzel! Whether you love them soft or crunchy, plain or topped with seeds, pretzels have a special place in the hearts of snack lovers everywhere. But did you know that a key ingredient in achieving that classic pretzel texture and taste is none other than baking soda? Why Baking Soda? Baking soda plays a crucial role in the pretzel-making process, especially for soft pretzels. Here's how: Alkaline Bath: Before baking, pretzels are traditionally dipped in a baking soda bath. This process gelatinizes the outside of the pretzel, creating a perfectly chewy texture and that distinctive, deep brown color when baked. Enhanced Flavor: The baking soda bath also gives pretzels their unique, slightly tangy flavor that's impossible to resist. Not sure where to start? Reach out to our knowledgeable sales reps to learn more about how our high-quality baking soda products can enhance your baking projects. Whether you're a professional chef or a home baker, we have the perfect solution for you. #NationalPretzelDay #BakingSodaMagic #PretzelLove

🎄 It’s a holly jolly pizza time! Add a festive twist to your table with this Candy Cane Pizza! 🍕 𝐈𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 1 pack Letizza 300g Dough Balls Basil pesto Sun-dried tomatoes Feta cheese Pepperoni slices Garlic and parsley butter 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 1. Once your dough balls are finished proofing, roll them out into a large, even sheet. 2. Cut the sheet into a rectangular shape, then divide it into 8 even triangles. 3. Preheat your oven to 200°C and line a baking tray with parchment paper. 4. Arrange the triangles on the tray with their bases slightly overlapping to form a long candy cane shape. 5. Spread a generous layer of basil pesto over the dough. Sprinkle with chopped sun-dried tomatoes, crumbled feta cheese, and pepperoni slices. 6. Fold the edges of each triangle over the filling and tuck the tips underneath to secure everything in place. The dough should now resemble a candy cane. 7. Brush the candy cane generously with melted garlic and parsley butter. 8. Bake for 5-10 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve and enjoy! 😊 - #letizza #letizzapizzabases #christmasrecipes #christmaspizza #festiverecipes #festivebites #holidaybaking #quickandeasyrecipes #pizzabases #gourmetpizza #foodserviceindustry #supportlocal #supportlocalaustralia #familyfriendly #familyownedbusiness #australianmade #australianowned