Cookbook directions are instructions given in cookbooks to help readers prepare a dish. The crossword solutions for the term 'cookbook direction' include MIX (3 letters), PUREE (5 letters), SCALD (5 letters), ADD (3 letters), BOIL (4 letters), STIR (4 letters), SIFT (4 letters), IRMA (4 letters), and STEAM (5 letters). Mixing is the process of combining ingredients together, pureeing is blending them until they are smooth, scalding is heating a liquid until it is just below boiling, adding is putting an ingredient into a mixture, boiling is heating a liquid until it reaches its boiling point, stirring is moving a spoon or other utensil around in a circular motion, sifting is passing dry ingredients through a sieve, Irma is a type of cooking vessel, and steaming is cooking food with STEAM.