Basic ingredients for a Baker

Yesterday, I was going through my pantry and making sure that I had all the ingredients I would need to make things like bread and cake. As I was going through, I thought it might be a good idea of giving you a list of things that should always be on hand if you get into the baking mood.

Now one of the first things that I am going to tell you is before you start mixing ANYTHING you have to make sure you have the ingredients, because if you are putting it together as you read, you will inevitably run out of one of the last ingredients on the list and there is a good chance that it is not one that says optional. 

So with that in mind always make sure you have:

• ·         Baking powder
• ·         Baking soda
• ·         Salt
• ·         Vanilla
• ·         Flour
• ·         Butter
• ·         Milk
• ·         Sugar

These are items that I check every time I am making a list to go shopping and I always check the expiration dates especially for the baking soda and powder. Now if I am making candies I like to make sure that I have a glucose syrup or corn syrup because if I don’t I will definitely find that I need it, and candies are one thing that you can’t put on hold while you go to the store to get more.  For candies the list is shorter mostly because I have already checked for butter, milk, salt and vanilla. 

Here is that list:

• ·         Heavy cream
• ·         Glucose syrup or Corn syrup
• ·         Nuts
• ·         Chocolate

If you are making a cake, try to always have cake flour, it makes lighter cakes.

As always, make life sweet and Enjoy!