Table I. Bread, Cakes, Cookies And Pastry Baked
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This section is from the book "The American Woman's Cook Book", by Ruth Berolzheimer. Also available from Amazon: The Domestic Arts Edition of the American Woman's Cook Book.
Table I. Bread, Cakes, Cookies And Pastry Baked
To bake loaves of yeast bread, heat the oven to the higher temperature given, and leave it at this degree for about fifteen minutes. Then reduce it to the lower figure for the remainder of the baking period. See table of oven temperatures above.
Temperature of Oven Degrees Fahrenheit | Baking Period | |||
400 to 375 | Minutes | 60 | ||
graham or whole wheat (loaves) ................. | 400 to 350 | ,, | 60 | |
Baking-powder (quick bread, loaves) .................. | 400 | ,, | 40 - 50 | |
Corn bread (sheets) ......... | 400 | Minutes | 20 - 25 | |
Biscuits, baking-powder...... | 450 - 460 | ,, | 12 - 15 | |
Muffins, yeast .............. | 400 - 425 | ,, | 20 - 30 | |
baking-powder............ | 400 - 425 | ,, | 20 - 25 | |
Popovers .................. | 450 to 350 | ,, | 35 - 40 | |
Rolls, yeast ................ | 400 - 425 | ,, | 20 - 25 | |
Cake | Temperature of Oven Degrees Fahrenheit | Baking Period | |||
Angel.................... | .275 - 300 | Minutes | 60 - 75 | ||
Butter, plain loaf .......... | .350 - 375 | ,, | 45 - 60 | ||
sheet or cup............. | .375 | ,, | 20 - 30 | ||
layer................... | .375 | ,, | 20 | ||
.350 | ,, | 60 - 75 | |||
Fruit, small............... | .325 | ,, | 75 - 90 | ||
large................... | .275 | Hours | 3 - 4 | ||
Molasses, sheet ............ | .350 - 375 | Minutes | 25 - 30 | ||
cup ................... | .350 - 375 | ,, | 15 - 25 | ||
Sponge, loaf .............. | .300 - 325 | ,, | 40 - 60 | ||
sheet................... | .325 | ,, | 30 | ||
Drop .................... | .375 - 400 | ,, | 12 - 15 | ||
Filled .................... | .400 - 425 | ,, | 10 - 15 | ||
Ginger snaps .............. | .375 | cc | 8 - 10 | ||
Macaroons ................ | .250 - 300 | ,, | 15 - 20 | ||
Molasses .................. | .350 - 375 | ,, | 18 - 20 | ||
Thin, rolled............... | .350 - 375 | ,, | 10 - 12 | ||
Gingerbread .............. | 3 50 - 375 | ,, | 30 - 40 | ||
.500 | Minutes | 10 | |||
Cream puffs and eclairs..... | .400 to 350 | ,, | 45 | ||
Meringues, cooked separately . | .250 - 300 | ,, | 40 - 60 | ||
on pies and puddings..... | .300 - 350 | ,, | 8 - 10 | ||
Pie crust, shells, large pies . . . | .450 - 500 | ,, | 20 - 40 | ||
tarts ................... | .400 - 450 | ,, | 15 - 20 | ||
Pies, double crust with fruit filling................ | .450to425 | ,, | 40 | ||
single crust, (custard, pumpkin, etc.) ........ | .450 to 325 | ,, | 40 | ||
450 | ,, | 15 | |||
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