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Baking is a method of preparing food that uses dry heat, typically in an oven, but can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot stones. The most common baked item is bread but many other types of foods are baked. Heat is gradually transferred "from the surface of cakes, cookies, and bread to their centre.

The Golden Rule of Baking. If you have done any baking at all, chances are you already have the first line of the recipe memorized: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Yes, it's a nice round number and easy to remember, but that's not the reason it's the go-to number for baking. It's the chemistry behind it.

A bench scraper is your secret weapon for tackling just about anything. "In professional bakeries, bench scrapers are used for everything," says Bartone. Bench scrapers are a pastry chef's secret weapon for cleaning up, making perfectly smooth cakes, and portioning dough.

Baking Cookbooks You Can Own

• Baking at République. Best Baking Cookbooks Baking at Republique
• Pastry Love. Best Baking Cookbooks Pastry Love
• Modern Baking. Best Baking Cookbooks Donna Hay Modern Baking
• Simple Cake
• Flour Water Salt Yeast
• Rose's Baking Basics
• Little Flower Baking
• Sister Pie

Basic Rules of Baking

• Read your recipe. Before you even start adding things to your mixer, read your recipe all the way through
• Do the research
• Avoid distractions
• Check your ingredients
• Check your utensils
• Follow the instructions
• Preheat the oven
• Make accurate measurements

Baking Books for Beginners

• Mary Berry's Baking Bible.
• How to Bake.
• Baking Basics by Lora Brody.
• The Baking Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum.
• In the Sweet Kitchen by Regan Daley.
• The Perfect Cake by America's Test Kitchen.
• Favourite Cakes by Williams Sonoma.
• Sally's Cookie Addiction by Sally McKenney.