Easy Family Living Making Family Living Easy   Hello and welcome to Easy Family Living! At Easy Family Living you will find useful information, time-tested recipes and quality products to make family living easy.  Families are very diverse today and very active, but one thing all families have in common is the desire to keep life easy for more time to focus on family.   We offer traditional recipes with wholesome ingredients in printer friendly versions with step by step instructions.  Included with every recipe are helpful hints and serving suggestions.  So, come on in, look around, and see how we can help you make family living easy.

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Baking Ingredients 

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Flour

Cake flour

Sugar

Brown sugar

Powdered sugar

Corn syrup

Molasses

Evaported milk

Sweetened condensed milk

Unsweetened cocoa powder

Semi-sweet chocolate chips

Peanut butter chips

Currants

Raisins

Walnuts

Pecans

Frostings

Baking powder

Baking soda

Salt

   Iodized

   Sea salt

Shortening

Yeast

Pure vanilla extract

Almond extract

Helpful hints:

Some flour contains wheat or is unbleached. Using these types of flour will affect the result of your recipe. A wheat flour will produce a heavier dough with a toasty flavor and the dough will be tougher. Unbleachd flour will produce an off-white dough. Read package labels for details.

An all-purpose flour is just that. It can be used for cakes, muffins, pie crust, gravy, and sauces. All-purpose flour blends easily, for an elastic texture to breads and adds a smooth, creaminess to batter and sauces.

Cake flour is used specifically for cake recipes and contains additives to produce a cake product. Always read of the label of the cake flour package for flour substitute options.

The lighter the sugar the lighter the finished product. Basic white sugar is used in most recipes as a basic, all purpose ingredient. Brown sugar is added to recipes to make cookies softer and chewy or to add a rich, carmel flavor. Powered sugar is typically used to make icing and frosting. Powdered sugar can also be sprinkled on cakes, brownies, french toast and the like for a decorative finish.

Corn syrup is used in recipes like pecan pie, fudge, and peanut brittle. Corn syrup produces a candy-like product and can be thickened or hardened based on cooking times. Light corn syrup would be used in recipes to create a light colored product and dark corn syrup would create a dark product with a rich carmel flavor.

Molasses is used in recipes like gingerbread to create a dark, rich flavor.