Cooking Terms: Mixing

 To lightly coat food in a powdered substance such as breadcrumbs, cornmeal, flour, or sugar. 

• Dredge
• Baste
• Cream
• Grease

To spread a liquid, such as melted butter or a sauce on food, while cooking.

• Dredge
• Baste
• Cream
• Grease

To rub shortening, fat, or oil, on the cooking surface of bake-ware.

• Dredge
• Marinate
• Grease
• Baste

To set the oven to cooking temperature in advance so that it has time to reach the desired temperature by the start of cooking.

• Preheat
• Dredge
• Grease
• Baste

To put dry ingredients through a fine sieve to incorporate air.

• Cream

• Sift

• Blend

• Beat

To Mix with an Over and Over Motion

• Cream
• Sift
• Blend
• Beat

To soften and blend until smooth and light

• Cream
• Sift
• Blend
• Beat

 To mix two or more ingredients to make one.

• Cream
• Mix
• Blend
• Stir

To mix shortening (fat) into flour by cutting the shortening into small pieces until the mixture resembles crumbs

•  Cut In
• Fold
• Toss
• Stir

To gently combine a delicate mixture with a more solid material by gently turning one part over another with a rubber scraper

•  Cut In
• Fold
• Toss
• Stir