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Heart & Soul Cookbook Recipes

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Chop
Definition
Chopping food
To cut into irregular pieces.
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Coat
Definition
Coat food
To evenly cover food with flour, crumbs, or a batter.

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Combine
Definition
Combineing ingredients
To blend two or more ingredients
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Cream
Definition
Creaming
To beat vegetable shortening, butter, or margarine, with or without sugar, until light and fluffy. This process traps in air bubbles, later used to create height in cookies and cakes.

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Crush
Definition
Crushing Crakers
To condense a food to its smallest particles, usually using a mortar and pestle or a rolling pin.

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Cut In
Definition
Cutting in lard
To Work Vegetable shortening, margarine, or butter into dry ingredients

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