What does "combine dry ingredients through cloves" mean?
I see in several recipes for spice cake to do things like "combine dry ingredients through cloves" or "add flour through cloves". What does that mean? I'm looking at this recipe. It calls for 1/2 tsp - can I use ground cloves instead of whole cloves?
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It means to combine the things listed up to and including the cloves, as in "combine ingredients 4 through 11". In that recipe it's just a helpful hint to tell you where the dry ingredients stop.
The recipe is already calling for ground cloves - it mixes them into dry ingredients as-is. When using whole cloves, if you don't immediately just grind them, you generally cook them in something liquid then strain them out later. (Similar to cinnamon sticks or whole allspice.) The cinnamon and nutmeg in the recipe are also ground, not whole. If a recipe wants whole cloves, it will explicitly say, and often count them: 10 [whole] cloves.
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What does it mean when a recipe says through?
1 Answer. Show activity on this post. It means to combine the things listed up to and including the cloves, as in "combine ingredients 4 through 11".How do you combine dry ingredients?
Step 1: Stir Together Dry IngredientsStir the dry ingredients (flour, leavening, salt, spices) together. Then use a spatula or wooden spoon ($5, Target) to gently push the dry ingredients against the sides of the bowl to make a well (pictured above).What does just combined mean in baking?
Mixing batter until \u201cjust combined\u201d means that you should stop mixing as soon as you can't see the ingredient that you just added. For example, if you are adding flour to butter and sugar, you should immediately stop mixing once you no longer see any white powder.How dry and wet ingredients should be incorporated?
The general rule of baking, whether it be cookie dough, cake mix or pancake batter, is as follows: dry ingredients should be combined together thoroughly in one bowl BEFORE adding liquids. Liquid ingredients should ALWAYS be mixed separately before they've been added to the dry ingredients.Eat 2 Cloves Everyday - These Benefits Will Happen + Contraindications
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