Soften the Butter If your recipe calls for softened butter, make sure it’s actually room temperature — but don’t soften it too much. Use Light-Colored Pans Speaking of pans, your baking pans should be light-colored rather than dark. Cookies baked on dark pans will tend to burn on the bottom. Dark sheets absorb more heat...Read More

Baking is a method of cooking food that uses prolonged dry heat, normally in an oven, but also 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 breads to their center....Read More