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    Baking vocabulary

    If you want to tackle any baking recipe from cookbooks or the internet, you will need to get familiar with the baking vocabulary recipe writers use, as well as the abbreviations and French baking terminology. Make sure to check out the baking conversions chart too in case you need to convert ingredient volume measurements to weight measurements, or vice versa!

    Baking abbreviations you need to know.

    Baking recipe abbreviations

    Blind baked tart shells in a muffin pan with silicone liners and dried beans to illustrate baking vocabulary you need to know.

    Baking vocabulary

    Fruit desserts, everything you can bake with summer's bounty featuring a blueberry rhubarb crisp on top and an apple cake on the bottom

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    Dictionary of French baking terms and English translations

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    Macaroon vs macaron

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