7 Parts of a Recipe

This part of a recipe tells you WHAT you will need to incorporate.

• container

• ingredients

• yield

• temperature

This tells you how much you will need, which tool will you use to measure it. In baking it can throw off the ratios. In cooking, the flavors and texture could be off.

• container

• yield

• ingredients

• amount

These are clear step by step instructions to follow. The order matters. Not following them means the recipe might now turn out the way it is supposed to or you could waste ingredients, time and money.

• ingredients

• yield

• directions

• temperature

What size and shape pan do you need? How will you store it once it is cooked or made? The tools matter too.

• Pan or Container

• ingredients

• directions

• temperature

How will you cook or cool it? Do you need to preheat the oven? Fire up the grill? Chill a bowl?

• time

• temperature

• yield

• ingredients

How long is this going to take you? Are you starting early enough? How long is the prep and what is the cooking time? They are different. How long after you make it should you wait before eating it? (very common with desserts)

• amount

• directions

• temperature

• time

How many servings does this make? What is the serving size? How many people will it serve?

• yield

• amount

• directions

• pan or container