The application works on desktop, laptop, and iPad devices and on Chrome and Safari browsers.

Since the Baking Lab Notebook uses ingredients from the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) database, it is written for use of American ingredients and the English language. It does support both Metric (grams) and Imperial (ounces) ingredient measurements.

You can do this at any time. However, once you do this, any recipes and experiments you entered are permanently deleted and CANNOT be retrieved. Select your user name to get to Your Profile page. Select the Delete My Account button. You will see a warning box explaining the account deletion ramifications. You must type "Delete Me" in the box and select the Delete Account button to complete the action. If you change your mind, select the No Don't Delete It button.

As many or as few as you want!

No, if you are on the individual plan. The recipes you enter are only visible and available to you. You can store them, edit them, copy them, or add them to experiments, and no one else can. If you want a group plan, each user can decide which recipes to share or keep private.

You can select the Print button to print a physical copy for yourself or someone else. You can also select the Print button to save the document as a pdf version of the recipe to store on your personal computer or send to someone else.

You can easily copy and paste recipe steps, notes, and source information from a Word document, website, Google doc, spreadsheet, pdf, or other electronic format. Unfortunately, you cannot copy and paste this information from an image or book. To do this click the Import Steps option in the recipe steps section. You will be guided on how to copy and paste the steps in the order entered. You can edit these steps or change the order once the import is completed. Right now, you cannot copy and paste ingredients into the Baking Lab Notebook. We are looking into this, and let us know if this interests you.

When you click the Copy button on the top right of a recipe, you can make changes to the original recipe. Once you save that recipe, it will be display as a variation on the Variations tab in the original recipe. Go to the Variations tab on any recipe to see the "Original" recipe along with the "Variations" recipes. When you access the Recipe list, the original recipe will display as a "Parent" and recipe variations will display as a "Child" of the original recipe.

All ingredient data is sourced from the USDA database, which is the source for food composition data in the United States for both public and private sectors. We reviewed ingredient lists and selected typical ingredients used for baking and pastry recipes, including flours, sugars, butter/oils, milks (animal and plant-based), eggs, nuts/grains, juices, fruits/vegetables, flavorings, leaveners, chocolate, and alcohol. Categories we specifically excluded are: meat/fish, many vegetables, pre-packaged mixes, or pre-packaged food product. In general, we do not list branded foods, except in the case that the brand is commonly known and/or the only ingredient available in the database.

For each recipe, we list the combined amounts of gluten, protein, starch, fat, sugar, water, and salt for each ingredient entered and display that in the By Component graph. We list these components because, for many baking and pastry recipes, they impact the outcome of a recipe. When making substitutions, the application will automatically calculate the components for the total ingredients so you can see the total percentage of each in any recipe. You can compare this graph with the By Category graph that lists categories important in baking, like flour, butter/oil, eggs, leavener, fruit, and others.

The Baking Science Hackers team needs to add ingredients. If you need an ingredient not listed in the application, go to Contact page on the website or the Support tab in the application and select the option to request for an ingredient addition. Please include the full name of the ingredient you want added. Ingredients are shared by all users, so it is difficult to delete an ingredient - it may be in others' recipes! However, if you requested an ingredient addition, then find an error before anyone uses it, get in contact with us to see how the ingredient can be removed.

Since all users share ingredient information, individual users are not allowed to alter any ingredient information. If you think there is an error or you want another ingredient entered that will display different information. go to the Contact page in the website to request a new ingredient and please explain the circumstances in the Message text box.

To add recipes to a new experiment, click the Select Recipes button to see a list of all your recipes. You can filter that list to find the exact ones you want. Select the check box for the recipes you want to include in the experiment and the click the Confirm Choices button. You'll see those recipes in your experiment. To change recipes in an experiment, open that experiment from the list. Select the Edit button on the top right of the page. Then click the Select Recipes button to display your recipe list. You will see the recipes already included in the experiment selected. You can de-select them and/or select new ones to add to the experiment. Click on the Confirm Choices button, and you'll see the newly selected recipes in your experiment.

While testing recipes, you can capture notes for the recipe within the experiment page or the specific recipe page. When in the Experiment page: Go to the Notes tab Click the Create Note button Select the recipe you want to add the note to and enter a note OR select no recipe and keep the No Recipe option to store the note for the experiment. Click the Create button to save the note. The note will display on the Experiment and on the Recipe When on the Recipe page: Go to the Notes tab Click the Create Note button Enter a note Click the Create button to save the note. The note will display only on the Recipe You can edit or delete a note by selecting the ... on the right side of the note.

Yes! Click the Analyze button on the top right of the Experiment. You will see the Analysis for all recipes.

Yes. Once you select recipes on the Analyze tab, you can select filtering rules to compare percentages of components, categories to filter recipes that match each other or certain recipe rules.

You can do this by clicking the Download button on the Analysis page. All data of recipes selected for analysis will download to a CSV file.