The winter holidays are just around the corner. Here are some holiday tips and substitutes to help take some of the stress out of your holiday cooking.
If your stuffing recipe calls for poultry seasoning and you are out, substitute
3/4 teaspoon dried sage, crushed, and 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed, or 1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram, crushed, for each teaspoon of poultry seasoning used in the recipe.
How much stuffing do I need to fill the turkey?
Allow about 3/4 cup stuffing for each pound of ready-to-cook turkey. For example, a 12-pound bird will hold about 9 cups stuffing. If your family loves stuffing, you may want to make extra stuffing to bake in a casserole beside the turkey.
If you are cooking stuffing in a casserole add a little extra broth so the stuffing isn’t too dry. Bake covered for 30 to 40 minutes. Remove the foil or lid a few minutes before removing from oven if you like the top of the stuffing browned.
Add an extra 15 minutes to the cooking time of any dish or casserole that you prepared ahead of time and refrigerated, such as stuffing, baked sweet potatoes, mashed potato casserole, or vegetable casserole.
If your holiday recipe calls for raw egg whites, substitute
pasteurized dried egg whites. They can be found in the baking section of supermarkets or grocery stores or in speciality food stores. Do not use raw or slightly cooked egg whites (or yolks) because they may contain harmful bacteria.
If your pie recipe calls for pumpkin pie spice and you don’t have any, substitute
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger, 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves for 1 3/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice. This enough spice for one 9-inch pumpkin pie.
If your pumpkin pie recipe calls for evaporated milk and you don’t have any, substitute
regular milk in the recipe, but the pie will not be quite as rich. You can also substitute cream.
If your recipe calls for a 16-ounce can of pumpkin and your supermarket only has 15-ounce cans of pumpkin, substitute
a 15-ounce can of pumpkin. It won’t affect your recipe.
If your recipe calls for apple pie spice and you are out, substitute
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice for 1 teaspoon apple pie spice.
You can purchase Poultry Seasoning, Apple Bake Seasoning for apple pies, and Pumpkin Pie Spice and all your other spices, herbs, and extracts at Watkins Online Store
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Eleisia Whitney is a Watkins Home Business owner. She enjoys cooking and baking with Watkins extracts, spices, herbs, and sauces for healthy meals. Eleisia publishes a Watkins Newsletter, “Around the Kitchen Table,†that brings you recipes, cooking and health tips, and contests for free Watkins products. Read the current issue at http://www.everydaynecessities.com/nov1-06newsletter.htm
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Good tips, I do that with the pumpkin pie spice since it seems easier to mix it myself than buy it specially. I’ve never know what the exact proportions should be though, thanks.