If I make a recipe, the first time I make it I follow the recipe to the letter because I want to first find out if the recipe is even accurate and will provide an acceptable finished product. Subsequent times I make the recipe I may experiment with ingredient adjustments. There's another good reason for doing recipes this way, if an adjusted recipe comes out badly I now have two points of reference from which to work if the adjusted recipe was done the second time around and also have a valid basis for comparison and that comparison controls future adjustments. Your mileage will vary.
On Wed, 4 Apr 2012, Sisi Ben-Simon wrote: > Hi Penny, > > I think it's a matter of taste. I usually cut the portions of butter and sugar > in recipes because they call for too much butter and sugar. Too much for my > liking anyway. When a recipe calls for 1 cup butter I use 1/2 cup. When they > say 3 cups sugar I use 1.5 cup. It doesn't hurt the recipe at all. In this > case I think 2/3 cups butter is not too much, but again it's a matter of > taste. > > Sisi > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny Reeder" <[email protected]> > To: "cookinginthedark" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 5:59 PM > Subject: [CnD] The Sweet Potato Tea Bread Recipe > > > To the person who shared the Sweet Potato Tea Bread Recipe -- it's > delicious but I wonder if there's a mistake in the recipe. > > Here is what you shared: > Sweet Potato Tea Cake > Call it tea cake or call it quick bread, > or call it delicious...all three work for this sweet potato treat. > definition list of 11 items > 1 1/2 cups all-purpose > flour > 1/2 teaspoon baking soda > 1/2 teaspoon salt > 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon > 1 cup granulated sugar > 1 cup sweet potatoes, cooked and mashed > 2 large eggs, beaten > 2/3 cup butter, melted > 1/2 cup shredded coconut > 1/2 cup seedless raisins > 1/2 cup chopped walnuts > list end > list of 3 items > 1. Measure flour, > soda, > salt, cinnamon and sugar into mixing bowl. Make a well in center. > Measure remaining > ingredients into well. Stir carefully, just enough to mix. > 2. Pour into greased 9 x 5-inch loaf pan. > 3. Bake > at 350?F (175?C) for 1 hour. Remove from pan. Cool before slicing. > list end > Makes 8 servings. Enjoy. > > I made it, we are enjoying it, but it baked for an hour and 40 > minutes! Do you think the recipe should read "1 third cup of butter? > > Thanks. > Penny > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 7024 (20120403) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net> <http://www.shellworld.net/~jdashiel/nj.html> _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
