While sorting through Grandma’s recipe box you found a baking recipe that instructs you to “scald” the milk. That sounds like extra work, but this is baking after all, so you drag a pan to the ...

Why do some instructions call for scalded milk? What is the purpose? Thanks in advance! Pat W., Harrisonburg, Va. Very good question, and one I had to think about. Older recipes said to scald milk to ...

Scalded milk is an ingredient that often appears in older recipe books. Because of its association with times past, many cooks today may skip the scald, thinking that it's a holdover from the days ...