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Simple Syrup Recipe

Ingredients

1 Cup Water
1 Cup Sugar

Steps

Dissolve ingredients in a small pot over medium heat.

Notes

Do Not Boil.

Tempering Eggs

This is when you want to mix egg yolks into a hot mixture. You have to do it a special way so you don’t get clumps of scrambled eggs. This also requires separating the egg yolk from the egg white.
Note: This must be done quickly!
Steps

Mix vigorously 1/4 cup of hot mixture to the egg yolks.
Repeat [...]

Separating Eggs

Kneading

Kneading is done for almost every type of yeast bread. Conversely, if you don’t use yeast, overmixing can cause flour to turn into a brick once cooked. Think Mrs. Douglas’ hot cakes on Green Acres. Anyways, kneading can be very good for anger management, but I try to keep positive thoughts when I’m cooking.
Preparations
The main [...]

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