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title: "3 Baking Quotes By Claire Saffitz"
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> [Always bake in the center of the oven. A pan placed too close to the bottom of the oven will receive more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/always-bake-in-the-center-of-the-oven-a-pan-placed-too-close-to-the/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

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> [Sometimes there is dogma in baking and sometimes there is not - you just have to know when to break the rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/sometimes-there-is-dogma-in-baking-and-sometimes-there-is-not-you/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

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> [Only bake one type of thing at a time. Even when it seems like you're killing two birds with one stone, baking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/only-bake-one-type-of-thing-at-a-time-even-when-it-seems-like-you-re/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

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## Other authors on Baking

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- [John Whaite 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baking/john-whaite/)
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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sandra-lee-82945.jpg) Sandra Lee 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baking/sandra-lee/)
- [Kate Lebo 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baking/kate-lebo/)

## More by Claire Saffitz

> [Replacing white flour with whole wheat generally makes baked goods denser, drier, and more crumbly because the germ and bran in whole wheat absorbs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/replacing-white-flour-with-whole-wheat-generally-makes-baked-goods/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [Usually, turkey burger recipes result in something so lifeless and tasteless that drowning one in ketchup (that most perfect and delicious of condiments) doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/usually-turkey-burger-recipes-result-in-something-so-lifeless-and/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [Always bake in the center of the oven. A pan placed too close to the bottom of the oven will receive more heat radiating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/always-bake-in-the-center-of-the-oven-a-pan-placed-too-close-to-the/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [Cooking has always been work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/cooking-has-always-been-work/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [Lame blades can dull relatively quickly, so after slashing several loaves the blade won't slice through the dough with tremendous ease. (When this happens,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/lame-blades-can-dull-relatively-quickly-so-after-slashing-several/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [Always use liquid measuring cups to measure liquid and dry measuring cups to measure dry. Especially when measuring flour, accuracy is important, so using…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/always-use-liquid-measuring-cups-to-measure-liquid-and-dry-measuring/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [I've always just operated with the attitude that if I work just as hard as I can, everything will be fine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/i-ve-always-just-operated-with-the-attitude-that-if-i-work-just-as/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [Depending on when vegetables are picked, they might take different lengths of time to cook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/depending-on-when-vegetables-are-picked-they-might-take-different/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [Poached quince are so tender, aromatic, and rosy that you'd hardly believe the raw fruit is white, fibrous, and hard as a rock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/poached-quince-are-so-tender-aromatic-and-rosy-that-you-d-hardly/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [True marshmallow - and I'm not talking about those ones from a bag - is nothing more than an Italian meringue set with gelatin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/true-marshmallow-and-i-m-not-talking-about-those-ones-from-a-bag-is/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [The mild creaminess of cottage cheese makes it a perfect blank canvas for almost any flavor combination, savory or sweet. Since it's so soft,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/the-mild-creaminess-of-cottage-cheese-makes-it-a-perfect-blank-canvas/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [One thing I hear a lot is that people feel less stressed out after they watch 'Gourmet Makes.' There's a transference of their stress…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/one-thing-i-hear-a-lot-is-that-people-feel-less-stressed-out-after/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [I don't like a too-perfect cake. You want people to know it came from your kitchen and not the cake case in the bakery…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/i-don-t-like-a-too-perfect-cake-you-want-people-to-know-it-came-from/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [For reasons that aren't quite clear I derive a weird and almost inappropriate pleasure from making a cake that looks like a decomposing log.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/for-reasons-that-aren-t-quite-clear-i-derive-a-weird-and-almost/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

> [Simmering vegetables in a covered pot over low heat so that they steam in their own liquid - a French technique called a l'etouffee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-saffitz/simmering-vegetables-in-a-covered-pot-over-low-heat-so-that-they/)

[Claire Saffitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-saffitz/)

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