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# :bulb: Tips
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Tips acquired throughout my cooking journey. These tips are used in recipes that don't necessarily call for it.
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For instance, chilling or aging cookie dough overnight to hydrate the dry ingredients.
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## :cooking: Cooking
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### :onion: Onions
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Onions should be sautéed first to caramelize them and bring out the sweetness, about 5 minutes.
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### :garlic: Garlic
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Garlic should not be burned and added right before liquid is added, right when the garlic aroma is perceived.
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### :corn: Cornstarch
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When using cornstarch as a thickener, always mix the cornstarch in a small amount of liquid in a container
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before adding to the dish to avoid lumps.
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Bring the dish back up to a boil for about 10 seconds to activate the cornstarch. The dish will thicken as
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it cools down to room temperature.
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## :cupcake: Baking
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All ingredients should be at the same temperature, usually room temperature. An exception is when you want
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the ingredient to bring down the temperature of the mixture, such as adding cold eggs to warm brown butter.
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### :cookie: Cookie Dough
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[Aging cookie dough][1] that uses egg as the main source of liquid in the refrigerator overnight.
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Bake cookie dough while still cold to prevent spread and don't let the later baked cookie dough to come to room
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temperature while waiting to go into the oven.
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### :egg: Eggs
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Eggs should be separated when cold.
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Eggs should be added to batter at room temperature.
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### :butter: Butter
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Butter should be a room temperature when creamed with sugar.
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Creaming of butter and sugar should happen for an amount of time to make the butter pale, about 5 minutes.
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### :cake: Cake
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When mixing the batter for cake, cream the sugar and butter first, add the egg and butter, combine wet together,
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combine dry together, then add a third of the dry ingredients, then half the wet, alternating until you end with dry.
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For an oil based cake, whisk the egg and sugar together.
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When using zest, massage the zest into the granulated sugar to release the oils.
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[1]: <https://www.thekitchn.com/refrigerated-cookie-dough-268281>
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