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The Beech Tree Recipe Book.
A free recipe website for home cooks in the United States. Our collection holds more than one million recipes; this website publishes a selection, each with full ingredients and step-by-step directions. No account, no sign-up.
Contents
Breakfast1 recipe
Soup2 recipes
Dinner3 recipes
Sides1 recipe
Baking1 recipe
Dessert2 recipes
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Cues, not just clocks
Every step says what to look for, such as color, texture or temperature, because ovens and pans differ.
U.S. measures, scaled for you
Amounts are in cups, spoons and ounces. Switch a recipe to half or double and the amounts follow.
Dated and corrected openly
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Handy numbers
Conversions, oven temperatures, safe internal temperatures and ingredient swaps are on one page you can print: Kitchen basics.