I don't have a lot of baking success but one thing that has saved my skin several times is my list of weights of all the mixing bowls. I weigh my dough and my fillings, subtract the bowl weights, divide by the number of empanadas, pasties, etc. that I want to make, and weigh what's needed for each item as I make them. Items are the same size and I haven't run out of dough before fillings since I started doing this. It's also helped when I have the question, "was that 6 cups of flour or 7, that I put in the bowl?" I'm sure there are other uses for this list, too.

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