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- Hands-on, day and evening classes.
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- After school cooking classes for kids and teens.
- Private parties, by arrangement, in the school or your residence.
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Ask Jaxon Questions -- Cooking How-To's
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Question: Hi Jaxon, I took your bread class in the fall and I really enjoyed it. My question is: I usually can't stay home that long and most of the bread recipes have 2 rises. Do you suggest leaving the 1st rise or the 2nd rise for more hours than suggested? your english muffin bread was great and I left that overnight in fridge for 13 hours and then left it on counter for 5 hours before baking. This turned out great but other recipes have different instructions for the 2 rises 1-2 hours each. Thank you! Lynn
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Last Updated: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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Question: Why, in recipes for some baked goods, does it ask the baker to add dry and wet ingredients alternately, starting and ending with dry?
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Last Updated: Tuesday, August 04, 2009
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Question: Why is baking so different at high altitude?
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Answer: As the altutude increases, atmospheric pressure decreases, and in turn cause serveral baking changes. Since the air is thinner and with lower atmospheric pressure cause leavening (baking powder, baking soda and yeast) to expand more.
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Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2009
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Question: What are some of the specific problems with high altitude baking?
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Answer: There are several issues going on, however, we can begin with the following ones.
- Because there is less air pressure on top of the cakes, baked at high altitudes, liquids evaporate more easily and gas bubbles in the cake rise and burst at the top more readily.
- This results in less liquid in the cake and the other ingredients become concentrated.
- With higher sugar levels preventing the cake structure from setting.
- Losing air bubbles means not enough structure as the cake is baking causing the cake to fall..........leaving you with a soggy, heavy cake.
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Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2009
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Question: What specific solutions, if any, that will solve high Altitude Baking issues?
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Answer: I like to start with reducing the leavening in the recipe. Many of my recipes were developed for sea level baking. Moving to an altitude of above 5,000feet I decided to reduce baking powder and baking soda by 50%, instant yeast, reduce by 25%. This conversion works for most cake, cookie and muffin recipes. There are other minor adjustments may be made if necessary.
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Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2009
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Question: How do I make double chocolate Brownies?
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Answer: Attend our classes and we'll teach you all you need to know.
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Last Updated: Thursday, June 18, 2009
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