Tempering semi-sweet chocolate doesn't have to be difficult. If you want to learn about the basics of what tempering is, you can read my post on it here. Otherwise, let's move on. You'll want to know the basic temperature for the type of chocolate you are working with as noted in the table below:...
Tempering dark chocolate is the process of making chocolate smooth, shiny, durable and snappy. You can read more here. In the meantime, think about how sometimes you buy a chocolate bar and it's streaked with white, is bendable and melts just touching it. That's because the chocolate became too...
You can't grow up around Ohio or Herd country without getting buckeyes shoved in your face. They were created by a graduate of Marshall University in 1964 named Gail Tabor Lucas. You can read her son's blog about it here. The long story short, her mother sent her a recipe for peanut butter balls...
Let's make some spiced pumpkin bread this afternoon, shall we? It was in February that I had an idea. I had just finished making banana bread and it occurred to me: What if I just simply replace the bananas with pumpkin? Let me tell you, this was ingenious. I have since found you can take this...
Fat-Free Rice Krispie Treats Recipe without butter is an easy modification. Since there is no butter in this recipe, this is also a dairy-free rice krispie treat recipe. Kellogg® brand puffed rice cereal and high quality marshmallows are recommended, but you can also use generic and they turn out...
Chocolate macarons are amazing simply because they combine the flavors of meringue, almonds and cocoa. They remind you of brownies, chocolate silk pie and almond candy bars all at once. They are the perfect treat for chocolate lovers. We are all crazy about chocolate macarons. This recipe is...
What is difference between a pastry cream recipe versus American pudding? The truth is, not much. As long as we are talking about the cooked version and not the box kind. It took a long time for me to figure out how to make Crème Pâtissière (fancy way of saying pastry cream.) Until I began to...
Learn how to make classic sugar cookies today! These are the one of the easiest cookies to make. By learning how to make a sugar cookie, you are learning the basics of cookie making. Once you master this simple, sweet dessert, it's easy to move onto other cookies like the classic chocolate chip....
Learning how to make simple blueberry jam in an afternoon is entirely possible. And you don't have to make a large batch, either. This makes just around 1/2 cup of jam depending on the size of your berries. Making fresh jam is much easier than you'd think. Just like fresh fruit, there is nothing...
If you want to learn how to make old-fashioned banana bread that is simply scrumptious, you are in luck. This is an amazing recipe that I have had for decades. It is well loved and requested frequently. I love to make batches of it and freeze it for future use. That is if the bread even makes it...
Classic chewy chocolate cookies is just what it sounds like. A nice rich chocolate cookie that reminds you of brownies. You can make them puffy or flat as pancakes. Simply chill the dough for puffy cookies and bake immediately for flatter ones. As always, I like to tinker around with flavors and...
Raspberry lemonade swiss roll is as delicious as it sounds. Truly. I was a tad bored and expecting company later. Our visitor made a comment about liking jelly rolls once, so I decided to try to make one for him. This recipe began as all the others. By rummaging the pantry and refrigerator. I...
Learn how to make scrumptious walnut cinnamon sugar cookies today! My husband is of Middle Eastern decent and loves many of the desserts from that region. I've also been exposed to a lot of food that I likely would have never tried since meeting him. Such enticing spices, sweet and savory flavor...
This banana walnut cake is a sweeter version of the beloved banana bread. By beating air into the batter with a mixer instead of making this by hand, you get a lovely cake texture that is moist and soft. It's simply and amazing thing how air can take a bread into a cake consistency. It goes to...
Finally clearing out the last of the moving boxes, I found my beloved recipes! And right in the middle of the box was a beloved banana bread when I first started baking as a young adult. Unfortunately, I didn't find the modified version, this was an original recipe that doesn't belong to me....