Strawberry Pretzel Salad

So we all know it's the holidays and I know that y'all are doing more baking this time of year than you normally would

And you know I'm always surprised when I have people coming into my kitchen and we're cooking together

I didn't realize that a lot of people don't know the proper way to measure

And we all know that bacon is a formula, and that has to be precise

So I'm going to share with y'all the proper way to measure your ingredients

because that will determine whether your baking is going to be successful or be a failure

Now, when you're measuring your dry ingredients, I like using my scoops rather than this

This type of measuring cup is for liquids, and this is for dry

Now, when you are measuring out your flour, you want to get in there, get a heaping cup full

and then just kind of tap it down with the flat side of your knife, and then level it with that side

I have seen people that come in here and take the curved side

And of course, if you use the curved side of that knife, it's going to dip in and you don't really have a cup

So always use the flat side of the blade to measure your flour And the same thing applies to your sugar You have a perfect cup of sugar

Now when you're measuring your liquids you want to make sure that you've got a good bird's eye view

horizontally because if you stand up you're going to get a different measurement

So that cup needs to be sitting up where you can see this angle

You have to look at it from this view. And from this view, I see that we have a perfect one-cup measurement

Now, when we're measuring our sticky products like syrups and things like that or molasses

You want to always spray your measuring cup so that every drop of this syrup that you have measured

every drop will come out, rendering you that full cup. Otherwise, it's going to stick in here, and when you pour this in, it's not going to equal a full cup

So I hope these few tips just take you to the most incredible cakes and cookies and pies that your family has ever eaten

Best dishes, y'all