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Ingredient Glossary

allspice
ground allspice
apple cider vinegar
the juice of apples, fermented then turned into vinegar
Assam tea
black tea from the Assam region of India
bacon
smoked cured pork belly
baking powder
acid/bicarbonate/buffer mixture
baking soda
sodium bicarbonate
brown sugar
light brown cane sugar (3.5% molasses)
butter
milk
unsalted sweet cream butter (80% milkfat)
buttermilk
milk
pasteurized homogenized whole-fat cultured buttermilk
chocolate chips
milk
soy
peanuts
wheat
semisweet (>35% chocolate liquor) chocolate chips
cinnamon
ground Saigon cinnamon
cocoa
Dutch-process (alkali-treated) cocoa powder
cornstarch
starch made from endosperm of corn
cream of tartar
potassium bitartrate
egg
eggs
large egg (24 oz per dozen, ~56.7 grams per egg)
egg white
eggs
large egg yolk (about 70% of the egg, ~40 grams)
egg yolk
eggs
large egg yolk (about 30% of the egg, ~17 grams)
flour
wheat
unbleached all-purpose wheat flour (11.7% protein)
fresh ginger
Zingiber officinale
ginger
ground ginger
lemon juice
juice of a lemon
molasses
unsulfured blackstrap molasses
nutmeg
ground nutmeg
oats
old-fashioned rolled oats
olive oil
extra-virgin olive oil
pear
any variety of pear
Pecorino Romano
milk
hard Italian cheese made from sheep's milk
pectin
powdered pectin/dextrose/citric acid mixture
salt
kosher salt, Diamond Crystal brand
shortening
soy
hydrogenated soybean/palm oil
sugar
extra fine white granulated cane sugar (sucrose)
vanilla extract
vanilla bean extractives in water and ethanol (>35%)
vanilla flavoring
artificial vanilla (vanillin)
water
tap water
whole black pepper
Piper nigrum
whole cinnamon (cassia)
Cinnamomum cassia
whole cinnamon (ceylon)
Cinnamomum verum
whole cloves
Syzygium aromaticum
whole green cardamom
Elettaria cardamomum
whole milk
milk
cow milk (3.25% milkfat)