1.  EGGS In a hurry?  Recipe calls for eggs at room temperature?  It’s ok, put the eggs in a bowl large enough to fit all of them. Run the hot water in your sink until its nice and hot.  Run some water into the bowl with the eggs and let them stand for 5 minutes. Voila! Eggs at room temp!

2.  BUTTER Butter supposed to be softened, but you forgot to take it out, huh?  No worries.  Stick the butter, still wrapped in the microwave on a microwave safe plate.  zap it on low  in 10 second increments.  Be careful not to melt it!  The recipe wants soft, not melted butter, if you melt it you will not get your desired texture.

3.  BUTTERMILK Don’t have any buttermilk on hand and need it now? Take a tablespoon of lemon juice (my favorite, when I run out) or white vinegar and add it to one cup of milk.  Let it stand 10 minutes. Stir before adding it to your recipe.

4.  MEASURE TOGETHER Most people (especially novice bakers) really don’t like to pre measure ingredients.  Trust me this is one of the best things you can do for yourself.  Sift together your dry ingredients (ie flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, etc) it’ll make the rest of your experience so much easier and you won’t forget anything!!!

5.  CAKE FLOUR Don’t bake cakes often enough to buy a whole box of cake flour?No problem.  Replace two tablespoons of your all purpose flour with two tablespoons of cornstarch for every cup of flour needed. Whisk it together very well before adding into your recipe!!

6.  THE OVEN Don’t for get to turn the oven on to the specified temperature of your recipe before you begin. Preheating the oven is crucial to some baked items-especially small thing like cookies, that need a nice hot oven.

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It seems from the moment you begin to take your love of astronomy seriously, the thing that is on your mind is what kind of telescope will you get. And there is no question, investing in a good telescope can really enhance your enjoyment of your new passion in astronomy.

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In the history of modern astronomy, there is probably no one greater leap forward than the building and launch of the space telescope known as the Hubble. While NASA has had many ups and downs, the launch and continued operation of the Hubble space telescope probably ranks next to the moon landings and the development of the Space Shuttle as one of the greatest space exploration accomplishments of the last hundred years.

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Are you ready for this list?  Ok, here it is.

1.  All Purpose Flour
2. Baking Soda
3. Corn Starch
4. Salt
5. Eggs
6. Unsalted Butter
7. Vanilla Extract
8. White Granulated Sugar
9. Dark Brown Sugar
10. Milk

Did you go take a look at your shelves?  Did you do a mental ah ha?  You probably have at least six of these things on hand don’t you?  Baking really isn’t all that difficult.  Now we just have to weed out what’s beyond the expiration dates!  Things like baking soda and baking powder can get old and the reason why you need them in your recipe won’t be active anymore.  Baking is a big chemistry experiment-leave out the baking powder and your cake will be hard and flat-same if it’s too old, it won’t work.  So check those dates!

It’s time to have fun and get in there and do something spectacular!

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