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Reading a Recipe and Measuring Ingredients

Reading a Recipe and Measuring Ingredients. Importance of reading a recipe. Steps to Reading a Recipe. Step 1: Read your list of ingredients.

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Reading a Recipe and Measuring Ingredients

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  1. Reading a Recipe and Measuring Ingredients

  2. Importance of reading a recipe

  3. Steps to Reading a Recipe • Step 1: Read your list of ingredients. • Make sure you have all of the items available before you start. You don’t want to get half-way through the recipe and find you are missing a key ingredient!

  4. Steps to reading a recipe • Step 2: Finish reading the whole recipe so you are aware of all of the steps involved. • Pay attention to the time and equipment needed to complete the recipe.

  5. Steps to reading a recipe • Step 3: Make sure you understand the measuring terms. • Check that you have the proper measuring tools that match the recipe and that you understand the measurements.

  6. Steps to reading a recipe • Step 4: Pre-heat your oven to the required temperature if you are cooking the food in the oven. • This allows you to prepare the recipe while the oven warms up.

  7. Steps to Reading a recipe • Step 5: Place all the ingredients on the counter in your reach. • Get your measuring cups and spoons ready. • Some steps in recipes must be performed quickly so you will want everything within easy reach.

  8. Steps to Reading a Recipe • Step 6: Follow the numbered steps in the recipe. • Measure the dry ingredients with measuring spoons and cups. Level off the portions so that no ingredient overflows. • You want to measure accurately or the recipe won’t work out. • Use a liquid measuring cup for measuring liquids.

  9. Steps to reading a recipe • Step 7: Mix ingredients together according to recipe directions. • Sometimes ingredients need to be mixed together before they can be added to the recipe. • You often mix all dry ingredients together and set them aside. Then you measure all the liquid ingredients together. When you are done, you add the two combinations together in the main recipe.

  10. Steps to reading a recipe • Step 8: Heat or cook the recipe according to the directions. • Make sure you oven or stove is set at the correct temperature.

  11. Steps to reading a recipe • Step 9: Check the food often if it is cooking. • All ovens heat differently and you many need more or less cooking time than the recipe requires. • Make sure your food is completely cooked before you eat it! Remember food bourne illnesses? Uncooked food can make you sick!

  12. Steps to reading a recipe • Step 10: Serve the food! • You might want to add a garnish to make the food appear more appealing.

  13. Yummy Stuff • 4 Handfuls of flour • A Couple of dashes of salt • A Large palmful of sugar • 10 Large pinches of baking powder • A Dab or two of shortening • Nearly a cupful of milk What you do: Mix everything together. Roll out with enough flour and cut. Bake in a hot oven till done. Eat! Yummy in my tummy!

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