Faulty recipes: omitted ingredient or unused ingredient

I'm looking at ways of enhancing the production of my recipes, and a couple of quality control items have come up.

I've seen recipes where there's an ingredient that never gets used; and some where the instructions call for an ingredient that was never listed. There are also problems I've seen with bogus amounts (eg 7lb instead of 7oz) or amounts expressed in units that don't get used that way (eg 27 tsp of something or 1/32 cup of something).

Is anyone aware of any guidelines or software for recipe-writers to address things like this? I have seen a page at https://diannej.com/2010/7-more-most-common-recipe-writing-errors/ which identifies some editorial problems, but I'm looking at more concrete technical approaches.

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Best Answer

To enhance the quality of your recipes, you need to have someone proof read them and execute the recipe; the second part, you should be there and record everything the testers do or not with your recipe.

To pick up errors and typos in existing recipe, you just need to proof read the recipe and apply whatever experience you have to fix them (for example if a cake recipe seems off with 25 cups of sugar, maybe by looking at the other ingredients it is actually 2.5 cups.

Same kind of analysis for either missing or wrong ingredients; if a cake recipe lists lemon zests but is not in the recipe steps, you need to decide with your own experience one way or the other it it should be used or not.

Anecdotal, there was a TV show (usa or canadian) a while back where they tested recipes from recipe books just by "executing" the recipes literally (no adjustment, no "maybe if we changed that")

There were tons of typos in quantities or missing ingredients or even oven settings (for example recipe forgot to say to turn on the oven) that a novice cook would not see, but a seasoned cook would pick up and adjust automatically.

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What will you do if you run out of an ingredient while cooking?

Baking Powder Alternatively you can add 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda and a 1/2 cup plain yogurt or buttermilk, but then any liquid ingredients need to be reduced by 1/2 a cup.

Is there an app that tells you what you can cook with the ingredients you have?

SuperCook is one of the best ways to reduce food waste in the home. It finds recipes that use as many of your ingredients as possible, so nothing goes to waste. SuperCook makes food waste prevention fun and easy, just open the menu page on the app and choose a recipe.

Do recipes list ingredients in order?

Ingredients are listed in the exact amount as needed. The specific form of ingredient is also stated. Ingredients should be listed in the order they are used in the recipe in order to prevent leaving out any ingredients. The recipe should have directions for how to prepare it.

20 EASY 3 Ingredient Recipes - Dinners \u0026 Sides

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