A Little History about Lemon Icebox Pie and other Magic Pie Recipes Magic lemon cream pie recipe or the lemon icebox pie recipe is quick, easy and delicious! This no-bake lemon pie recipe is said to be invented sometime in...
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What is the Hydration Rate of Dough?
What is the Relationship of Water and Flour? Flour absorbs water like a sponge. The amount of water you use within a recipe is called the hydration rate. Adding water to flour hydrates the proteins, gliadin and glutenin,...
Homemade Graham Cracker Crust Recipe
Such a Simple Recipe that Makes a Big Difference! Why should you make your own graham cracker crust as opposed to purchasing one? First, it is cheaper. Second, it is easy to do. And third, it's absolutely delicious and much...
Toasted Coconut Sandies Recipe
A Little Background on Coconut Sandies Learn how to make this coconut sandies recipe in a few easy steps. You can choose a few ways to prepare the cookies. By shaping and chilling them, you will have a thin, buttery cookie...
Peppermint Buttercream Recipe
A Little Bit of Peppermint Buttercream is Refreshing This peppermint buttercream makes enough frosting to ice a dozen cupcakes or small 6" (15cm) cake. If you want to frost a 9" (23cm) cake, simply double the recipe. Triple...
Schlotzsky’s Bread Recipe – Copycat Recipe Collection
A Little History on the Bread This is a copycat Schlotzsky's Bread Recipe for a muffuletta style sandwich bun. The muffaletta or muffuletta is a large, round Silician bread often topped with sesame bread and served with cold...
Small Batch Strawberry Jam Recipe
Learning how to make jam can be daunting. First you have to add special ingredients, make huge batches, learn specific ratios and learn how to can. Well, actually no. You only have to have patiences and learn a few basics....
Why Do My Muffins Look Like Bread or Cake?
Why do your muffins look like bread! Or maybe your muffins look like cake. What happened? There are a few reasons a fabulous muffin recipe may turn out to look like the photos below. We will go over the most common reasons...
Strawberry Muffins Recipe
This strawberry muffins recipe is so easy to make that it only takes minutes to prepare. If you use frozen berries, it takes even less time to prepare but the time is made up in the baking. Within around 1/2 hour, you'll...
Dough Too Dry – Now What?
What do you do when your dough is too dry? You may have found our wet dough tutorial helpful but are now are struggling with dry dough. The problem with most American bread recipes is they give you vague instructions on how...
Dough Too Wet – Now What?
What do you do when your dough is too wet? You may be discouraged and want to throw it all away. But first, try kneading it using the slap and fold method. Many times, it's simply changing the technique you us to knead the...
Chocolate Banana Muffins Recipe
Chocolate banana muffins are a fun way to start the day. Full of banana flavored chocolate, these muffins are easy to make. Or actually, it's a great snack anytime of the day. Less than 300 calories, this muffin packed full...