Problems with My Recipes Turning Out Right!!
Am I the only one that keeps finding recipes that are wrong? That means that they were never tested and/or tasted and that means that they were never tested and tasted from the recipe as it appears in the cookbook. I know I can't be the only one.
Last night I made a recipe for desert from my cookbook "The Joy of Cooking "which has been my bible in the kitchen for years. But now twice in the last year the cookbook has let me down. I followed the recipe for cream puffs and the puffs did not puff. And followed step by step and then I thought about the oven temps might have been to low. When I make other things that need to puff, I preheat the oven at 500 degrees and this recipe was 450. I think the recipe was wrong. So today I will search my other cookbooks and see what they say and I will make the batter once more and try it at 500.
If you have had problems with recipes for cookbooks not turning out, let me know and share them with me. I can not be the only one that is having this problem. Or am I?
For anyone writing a cookbook, make sure that you test and taste all the recipes as they appear in the cookbook. You may find typos. You may find that some the ingredients that are in the instructions may not be in the list of ingredients or vice versus. It is really a great way to proof read your cookbook but also catch the problems before the cookbook goes to the printer. The best cookbook writers always tell me to make sure that all the cookbook creators should never print with out testing and tasting the recipes from the draft of the cookbook. I have not said it again!
Last night I made a recipe for desert from my cookbook "The Joy of Cooking "which has been my bible in the kitchen for years. But now twice in the last year the cookbook has let me down. I followed the recipe for cream puffs and the puffs did not puff. And followed step by step and then I thought about the oven temps might have been to low. When I make other things that need to puff, I preheat the oven at 500 degrees and this recipe was 450. I think the recipe was wrong. So today I will search my other cookbooks and see what they say and I will make the batter once more and try it at 500.
If you have had problems with recipes for cookbooks not turning out, let me know and share them with me. I can not be the only one that is having this problem. Or am I?
For anyone writing a cookbook, make sure that you test and taste all the recipes as they appear in the cookbook. You may find typos. You may find that some the ingredients that are in the instructions may not be in the list of ingredients or vice versus. It is really a great way to proof read your cookbook but also catch the problems before the cookbook goes to the printer. The best cookbook writers always tell me to make sure that all the cookbook creators should never print with out testing and tasting the recipes from the draft of the cookbook. I have not said it again!
Posted by Hella at 12/7/2009 1:00 PM 
Categories: Cookbook Writing, More than recipes, My Families Recipes
Tags: recipes cookbook writing recipe box cookbooks family favorite recipes
Categories: Cookbook Writing, More than recipes, My Families Recipes
Tags: recipes cookbook writing recipe box cookbooks family favorite recipes
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