Kitchen helps that I've found useful

I am such a huge fan of emergency substitutions and other tidbits of knowledge in the kitchen that I thought I'd share some of my information with you. Here are just a few to get you interested!

• Unless specifically instructed not to do so, always preheat your oven to the temperature required.
• Always beat eggs before adding sugar.
• To see if an egg is fresh, place the uncracked egg in a glass of water. If it sinks to the bottom, it is fresh. If it floats, throw it out!
• To make fluffier scramble eggs, beat in a small amount of water, instead of milk.
• You can always substitute 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour for 2 cups cake flour.
• For muffin tins, if you don’t have enough batter to fill all the cups, pour a little water in to the empty cups. This will prevent the pan from scorching.

Next time I post I will have emergency substitutions and "how much is enough"?

Hope you all are having great weeks! The girls and I are having fun while Jacob is camping with the scouts this weekend. I'll have to blog about that later!