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Ingredient Glossary

allspice
ground allspice
apple cider vinegar
the juice of apples, fermented then turned into vinegar
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
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)
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