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I love to bake but don’t always have hours to make a single apple pie! What are some great recipes that i could bake in about an hour or two?

Chocolate Turnovers

prep time: 5 minutes
bake time 20 minutes

Puff pastry sheets bought from the grocer.
Thaw according to directions. Cut into six or eight squares. Lay a piece of chocolate on each square. Fold to make a triangle, use a fork to seal. Brush with a beaten egg. Bake according to package directions for time and temp.

I love to bake but don’t always have hours to make a single apple pie! What are some great recipes that i could bake in about an hour or two?

Chocolate Turnovers

prep time: 5 minutes
bake time 20 minutes

Puff pastry sheets bought from the grocer.
Thaw according to directions. Cut into six or eight squares. Lay a piece of chocolate on each square. Fold to make a triangle, use a fork to seal. Brush with a beaten egg. Bake according to package directions for time and temp.

I see salt required in most baking recipes. Being that i’m following a low sodium diet – a few times i’ve left the salt out all together and everything seemed to come out perfect. So i’m curious what role does salt play in baking recipes? Is it just for taste – i mean how much taste could 1 teaspon of salt add to a recipe? Or is there perhaps some other function? dhanyawad

You can leave it out but baking soda and poweder have tons of sodium.

My family has to go gluten free and we have noticed a lot of baking recipes ask for apple cider vinegar. We don’t like the taste and we would love not to use it, but for the moment, we are wondering why it is used.

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That site lists almost all Recipes.
Not only the recipe you are looking for but also other popular recipes.

I was wondering if anyone had any low sugar recipes or recipes that contain fruit sugar, as I love baking but am not suppose to have sugar.
Thanks

You could actually go on foodnetwork.com, they have all sorts of recipes with low sugar. You could always replace sugar in recipes with Splenda. My grandmother is a diabetic and she loves her splenda baked goods!!!

Some recipes I have in a baking cookbook call for sour cream. What exactly does sour cream do in the recipe?

Well if you are meaning for cakes, etc. It brings a fabulous extra moistness and tang to it..it is a very good addition.

My friend and i are trying to bake something but she is a vegan. We are looking for some vegan baking recipes that don’t need things like soy milk and egg replacers. Please Help!

Baklava http://www.flickr.com/photos/honor/2836336221/page2/ are delectable flaky and nutty sweets from the middle east. I LOVED baklava, but traditionally, the layers of phyllo dough are brushed with butter, and the pastries are also soaked in honey *frowns* HOWEVER, there is way to make vegan-friendly baklava without the butter and honey! Yay! You and your friend will enjoy these sinful treats. They’re like candy and pastry wrapped into one.

http://www.veganchef.com/baklava.htm