Scaling Up Your Recipes

Here are tips on how to adjust for these when scaling a recipe.

• Cooking Temperature: Use the original cooking temperature as a reference point, monitoring closely for the results you are looking for. If you know the internal temperature that your food needs to reach, remember to check for that too. When cooking more than one dish in the oven at the same time, allow for more cooking time and raise the temperature by about 25 degrees.
• Cooking Time: Use the original cooking time as a reference point for how long you should cook the altered recipe, monitoring closely for the results you are looking for.
• Pan Size: Your best choice is the pan that comes closest to keeping the ingredients to the same depth as the pan originally called for. If you are halving or doubling a recipe, use a pan that has half or double the volume of the one called for in the original recipe.
• Seasonings: Season to taste, slowly, tasting after each time you add more. If you are doubling a recipe, expect to use only about 1 1/2 times the original amount of seasonings. If you are tripling a recipe, expect to use only about twice the original amount of seasonings.