baking

/ (ˈbeɪkɪŋ) /

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noun

the process of cooking bread, cakes, etc
(as modifier)a baking dish

the bread, cakes, etc, cooked at one time

adjective

(esp of weather) very hot and dry

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How to use baking in a sentence

Divide batter into prepared ramekins, place ramekins on a baking sheet, and bake about 20 minutes.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt on parchment or wax paper.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cover crust with parchment paper and pour in baking beans or weights.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Pumpkin Pecan Pie|Carla Hall|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The tradition of baking of Stollen is probably the strongest in Dresden, Germany.
One Cake to Rule Them All: How Stollen Stole Our Hearts|Molly Hannon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Meanwhile, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into a medium bowl.
Make These Barefoot Contessa Salty Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookies|Ina Garten|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The poorest people reduce it to powder by manual labour, in the same way as they grind corn preparatory to baking it into cakes.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
After we had witnessed the process of sugar-baking, we entered the boats, and proceeded up the stream.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
Cash then took down the little square baking pan, greased from the last baking of bread, and in that he fried his hot cakes.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower
White Fawn, their mother, was baking corn bread on the coals of the wigwam fire.
Stories the Iroquois Tell Their Children|Mabel Powers
Picking up a can of baking-powder, he read the recipes printed thereon, but without finding just what he wanted.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail|Arthur R. Thompson

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