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Aquafaba is the viscous cooking liquid left after legumes such as chickpeas have been cooked—most often the brine drained from a can of chickpeas. The word comes from Latin aqua (water) and faba (bean). Because that liquid contains dissolved starches, proteins, and other soluble plant solids, it can foam, emulsify, bind, and thicken much like … Read more
A typical single shot of espresso (about 1 fluid ounce, or 30 ml) contains roughly 65 milligrams of caffeine. By comparison, an 8-ounce (240 ml) cup of drip coffee has about 95 mg, so espresso is more concentrated per ounce but a single shot usually delivers less total caffeine than a regular cup. Actual amounts … Read more
Plain caramel is just heated sugar; sauces and candies add butter, cream, and often vanilla and salt.
Almond extract is alcohol and water flavored with benzaldehyde, from bitter almond oil or made synthetically.
Malted milk powder is a mix of malted barley, wheat flour, and evaporated whole milk powder.
There are 16 ounces in a pound. In the avoirdupois system used in the United States and the United Kingdom, one pound is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and it is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces of about 28.35 grams each. The older troy pound, still referenced for precious metals, has only 12 troy … Read more
There are 4 quarts in a gallon. That holds for both the US gallon and the imperial (UK) gallon, since each is divided into four quarts, eight pints, or 32 gills. The gallons themselves differ in size: a US liquid gallon is 128 US fluid ounces (about 3.785 liters), while an imperial gallon is about … Read more
One US customary cup holds 8 US fluid ounces, which is half a US pint, or about 237 milliliters. Fluid ounces measure volume, so this does not mean a cup of a dry ingredient weighs 8 ounces. Measuring cups sold for cooking are often labeled as 240 milliliters in the US, while the metric cup … Read more
There are 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon in the US and UK systems. A US tablespoon holds about 14.8 mL (half a US fluid ounce), and US nutrition labels round it to 15 mL, the same as the metric tablespoon used in most countries. Australia is the main exception: its tablespoon is 20 mL, which … Read more
Only some home ovens are convection ovens: those with a fan that circulates hot air. Basic conventional ovens have no fan.