Kitchen Terms:Bake

To bake means to cook a recipe in either a covered (or uncovered) pan or baking sheet in an Oven. You will typically see this term used when preparing Cookies, Cakes, Casseroles, Breads, Pies, as wells as many other recipes.

Don't forget when baking any recipe to bring the oven to temperature before starting any recipe that is to be cooked right away. My rule of thumb is not to place anything in the oven until at least 5 minutes after the preheat tone has gone off.

Also, do not open the oven door until you are ready to place your item in the oven or take it out. Every time you open the oven door you can drop the temperature of the oven significantly enough to have to extend the cooking time of your recipe.