Baking

How do I know which baking ingredients are best for my needs?

Baking can be a simple or complex process, depending on the recipe. Here are a few steps you should take before preparing any food item to ensure the final product is up to your standards.

• Know Your Recipe – The more familiar you are with a recipe, the more you’ll know what you like or don’t like and, ultimately, what works or doesn’t. Baking can often require trial and error, but making sure you’re prepared with quality essential ingredients is a great place to start.
• Take Dietary Restrictions into Account – Not everyone can eat everything, so consider options for those who are gluten-free, vegan, or even those who require lower sugar intake to ensure you’re accommodating your audience appropriately.
• Source Your Ingredients – When baking, quality trumps all, so you’ll want to obtain the very best flour, butter, baking soda, and baking powders for each preparation. Keep in mind that there are different styles of each of these products, many of which can specifically enhance a particular type of baked good.
• Consider Specialty Enhancements – Like all cooking, baking can benefit from personal preference and experience, allowing recipes to evolve over time. However, you can never go wrong when adding things like fresh spices, pure extracts, alternative oils and flours, and other natural substitutes that bring out the true, natural flavors rather than artificial ones.

Best ways to store baking ingredients?

The way you store your baking essentials is crucial to preserving their quality and longevity, but because all of the ingredients are quite different, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution for keeping these items fresh. Here are the ways you should store your most essential baking products.

• Sugar – Transfer your sugar from the original bag into a tightly sealed container that you can easily pour from. This will help to prevent clumping. In brown sugar, adding a piece of bread or an apple slice will help it retain moisture.
• Flour – Like sugar, moving your flour to an airtight container will give it a shelf-life of about six to eight months, but remember to store it in a cool, dark place. If you use whole-grain flours, consider freezing them to help them last even longer. 
• Leavening Agents – You should also keep your baking powders and sodas in a cool, dark place and replace them about every six months.
• Spices and Extracts – Whole spices will last up to two years, with ground options remaining fresh for about a year. Concentrates don’t necessarily expire, but ensuring they’re aptly sealed will help preserve their integrity. Both of these ingredients should be kept away from sunlight in a climate-controlled environment.
• Butter and Oils – Butter should always be refrigerated, but it can also be frozen if it isn’t used in time. If you’re baking with other oils or fats, you should try to use them before accumulating new ones.

Do you offer free shipping?

While Galil does not offer free shipping for every individual baking product, we do offer our customers this perk once they’ve reached a certain purchase price threshold. While this may not be achieved when buying a single item type, many people who are shopping can get there quickly if they’re restocking multiple ingredients at once. 

We also have bulk purchasing options available that allow customers to earn additional savings when buying larger quantities, and these orders inevitably reach the minimum purchase threshold.

What are some popular baking recipes?

Galil isn’t just a retailer that supplies quality baking ingredients. We’re also proud to offer an assortment of different recipes on our website to serve as inspiration for bakers of all experience levels.

One such creation that many have loved is our baked brioche recipe. This recipe blends our Stybel Bread Flour with a few other basic ingredients to create a soft and buttery loaf. Perfect for breakfast or as a delightful snack, this brioche bread is a testament to the simplicity and elegance of classic baking.

What are the most popular baking products?

When considering baking essentials, there are a few products everyone should have in their kitchen. First and foremost, you’ll need flour, as this will serve as the base for most baked goods. Next, you’ll need sugars, sweeteners, and other leavening agents to bring the flavors and consistency together. Dairy is also an essential component of many recipes, although it is not always required.

Additional spices, kinds of butter, fats, oils, extracts, and other flavor enhancements are always smart to keep on hand, as even though you may not be using them only to bake, they’re quite helpful in other types of cooking as well.