Kitchen Tips

I thought it may be helpful and educational to add useful cooking, baking, and general kitchen tips to our blog to help us be more effective in our cooking pursuits! Make sure to label it as a "Kitchen Tip" so it will be easy to find. Here are a couple I thought may help:

*Storing Cake -- If you store half and apple in the container which you are storing a cake, the cake will retain its freshness.

*Brown sugar will not harden if stored in the freezer.

*This is from my last recipe but I wanted to make sure you didn't miss it! If you are baking an empty pie crust, to prevent it from bubbling up in the middle, lay parchment paper/aluminum foil lightly on top and up sides of your pie dough. Place dry beans on top of foil and bake. This will weigh down the center of the crust. Just lift the foil with the beans off of the crust right after baking!