It is difficult to cook for one. Or rather, it is difficult to cook for one in the same way that you might cook for a group of two or more. Not only are most recipes formulated to serve more than one person, but there is often a natural sense of motivation …
Popovers
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Popovers are a great all-purpose recipe to have in your collection. They’re easy to make, relatively low in fat and require very few ingredients. They have a slightly crisp exterior that opens to reveal a tender, custardy interior. With jam or honey, they make a great breakfast snack, and can also …
Starbucks recipes at home
This fall, you might notice that Starbucks is doing something a little bit different. They have always offered food-pairing suggestions as a way to push pastry sales alongside drink sales, but the coffee chain is passing out recipes so that you can try your hand at making some coffee shop treats at home to …
Deep Fried Cookie Dough wins fair food contest
All fair foods get their start in one of two ways: as an idea floating in the back of someone’s mind or when someone accidentally drops something unusual in their deep fryer. The The entries this time around included seven deep fried treats:
- Deep Fried Latte
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Do it yourself microwave popcorn
Now that “Popcorn Workers’ Lung” (more formally known as “bronchiolitis obliterans”) has been found outside of microwave popcorn production factories, the suggestion that we should avoid microwaved popcorn is all over the news. Health and safety should take precedence over snack foods, but all the …
Why you need a cooling rack
In just about every single recipe I write – with the possible exceptions of things that require refrigeration/freezing instead of baking – and almost all of those that I read, the instructions call for you to “cool on a wire rack” after your baked good is pulled from the oven.
Cooling racks …
Slice-and-Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies
 For those of you who aren’t planning to do any baking in your car anytime soon, or are fortunate enough not to have to deal with 100F+ temperatures on a regular basis, a recipe for cookies that can only be made inside a car oven might not …
Bites from other Blogs
Another week, another round of baked goodies that I haven’t had time to try. Hopefully at least some of you will have a go at one of these:
- Lemon pudding cake is one of my favorite desserts, and the Lemon Curd Cake at Alpineberry seems very similar, although …
