Preheating the oven isn't arbitrary. It's the secret to baking.

Why temperature might be sabotaging your baking efforts. If you've followed your recipe to the letter but notice that your bread dough, cookie dough, or cake batter is just behaving, well, differently ...

In pretty much every baking recipe, no matter the diversity of the ingredients or range of final products, you can almost guarantee one thing: If the recipe calls for butter, you’re going to be told ...