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Gold Medal Unbleached All-Purpose Flour: A Flour Test for Pound Cake, Cookies, and Bread

The inspiration for this post started in just that way, with me standing in the baking aisle like a weirdo, wondering what that bag...

How to Make Brown Butter

When you run a site called Begin with Butter, you get a lot of questions about what type of butter you prefer. Indeed, you...

Flax Eggs: A Multi-Tool for Vegan Baking

In the magical world of vegan baking, there's one unsung ingredient that stands out, and it is a humdinger—it gives incredible texture, it binds...

How to Effectively Use Vegan Butter in Baking

Happy New Year, Friends! As we begin baking and cooking in 2024, some of us are looking for swaps for traditional baking ingredients....

All-Purpose Flour Test: King Arthur v. White Lily

Friends, let me tell you. I have been a King Arthur Baking fanatic for years. For just as long, however, I've been hearing a...

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