Tips
Tips acquired throughout my cooking journey. These tips are used in recipes that don't necessarily call for it. For instance, chilling or aging cookie dough overnight to hydrate the dry ingredients.
Cooking
Onions
Onions should be sautéed first to caramelize them and bring out the sweetness, about 5 minutes.
Garlic
Garlic should not be burned and added right before liquid is added, right when the garlic aroma is perceived.
Baking
Cookie Dough
Aging cookie dough that uses egg as the main source of liquid in the refrigerator overnight.
Bake cookie dough while still cold to prevent spread and don't let the later baked cookie dough to come to room temperature while waiting to go into the oven.
Eggs
Eggs should be separated when cold.
Eggs should be added to batter at room temperature.
Butter
Butter should be a room temperature when creamed with sugar.
Creaming of butter and sugar should happen for an amount of time to make the butter pale, about 5 minutes.