Made this with bittersweet chocolate and it was delicious, very rich and nicely minty. Don't be clever and chop the junior mints like I did.Reader Jill I used to love going to the movies when I was younger. I'd go with a boyfriend or, most frequently, Nadine and I would go together. We'd sneak in Delicious Treats--one time we were able to smuggle in an entire loaf of Parmesan bread--or sometimes we'd just stand at the counter and order our favorite snacks. For me, that was often ... continue reading...
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Salted Caramel Turtle Fudge Swirl Ice Cream (No-Churn) | Ice Cream Tuesday
Salted caramel turtle fudge swirl started out with a simple idea, and one that I'm sure isn't original: if no-churn ice cream is made with sweetened condensed milk and heavy cream, why not swap out the scm with a can of dulce de leche? So that's what I did. Before I go any further, let me remind you how freakish I am about caramel and butterscotch. About how they are two different things and that butterscotch, real butterscotch, is every bit as delicious as caramel. I generally make ... continue reading...
Birthday Ice Cream Cake | Ice Cream Tuesday | Pastry Chef Online
As I surf around on facebook and instagram, and sometimes on twitter or Pinterest, I often find recipes and photos that inspire me. I will file away a a particular flavor profile or presentation to incorporate into a dish somewhere down the line. Other times though, a post will inspire me to stop what I'm doing and make something right away. While I rarely make anything exactly like the original, there are a few times I've stayed pretty close to the lines. This is one of those times. On ... continue reading...
Caramel Almond Butter Stracciatella | Ice Cream Tuesday (Wednesday Edition)
Caramel almond butter stracciatella is my latest ice cream flavor. I will be happy to show you how to make it! Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. There was no Ben & Jerry's when we were kids. Think about that for a minute. Nobody made cookie dough ice cream. Or Caramel Sutra. Or Phish Food. Or Chunky Monkey. No. We had Baskin Robbins, and we had our own favorites there. Pralines and Cream if we were in a caramelly nutty mood. Mint chocolate chip maybe if we were feeling ... continue reading...
Pina Colada Buttermilk Sherbet (No Churn Required) | Ice Cream Tuesday
This pina colada sherbet is made with buttermilk for a nice little tang. And then I sandwiched it between coconut macaroons because I couldn't help myself! Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. The Beloved and I drove up to meet our friends Kathy, Cheryl and Nikki up at a great little Indian restaurant in Morrisville that specializes in chaats, or street food. After eating ourselves silly (and drinking all the mango lassis), we went a couple of door down to the Indian ... continue reading...
Toblerone Gelato for Ice Cream Tuesday
Rich, creamy, and super chocolatey, Toblerone Gelato is a pretty intense ice cream. In the best way! Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. Heading into the long weekend, I had no idea what sort of ice cream I'd be making for today. And then I walked down the candy aisle. The dark chocolate Toblerone bars were staring me in the face, and I could not look away. For straight up eating, I adore the milk chocolate Toblerone, but I was afraid that the milk chocolate would be too ... continue reading...
Lavender Créme Fraîche Ice Cream with Lemon Blueberry Curd for Ice Cream Tuesday
Lavender creme fraiche ice cream is lovely on its own, but swirl in some lemon blueberry curd and you are talking Seriously Fancy Ice Cream! Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. I am an Autumn person. I am happiest when the sun is warm but the air is crisp and cool. Watching the leaves change colors is like a miracle, and I never tire of experiencing it. But endings are sad, and summer is coming to an end. So while I look forward to the autumn and sweater weather, I can be a ... continue reading...
Vegan Mexican Chocolate Ice Cream with Dulce de Leche Swirl for Ice Cream Tuesday
Vegan Mexican Chocolate Ice Cream As summer starts to wind down to fall, I feel like I am reaching the end of Ice Cream Tuesdays. I have plenty more ice cream left in me, but I am pretty sure I will wind down the series for this year in another couple of weeks or so. Before I wrap things up, I wanted to make at least one more ice cream for my vegan friends. And not some icy, consolation prize ice cream either. Creamy, rich, dense as "premium ice cream" and decidedly decadent. I actually ... continue reading...
Horchata-Abuelita Swirl Ice Cream Tacos for Ice Cream Tuesday AND Taco Tuesday: Guest Post on Chez Us
Hello, tasty homemade ice cream tacos! You'll love the authentic Mexican flavors of horchata and Abuelita hot chocolate in these tasty dessert tacos! Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. Happy Ice Cream Tuesday and Happy Taco Tuesday! My friends Lenny and Denise from Chez Us invited me and several other fantastic bloggers to guest post for them on Taco Tuesdays while they are off and away on a big old vacation. I hope they're having a fantastic time. Hi guys! Anyway, for my ... continue reading...
Ginger Ale Stracciatella with Marcona Almonds for Ice Cream Tuesday
Ginger Ale Stracciatella is a fantastic ice cream flavor. And if you've never had Marcona almonds before, be prepared to fall in love! Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. Ginger Ale Stracciatella Today is a double post day, so this Ice Cream Tuesday post will be short and sweet. But what it lacks in length, it more than makes up for in delicious flavor. You may know that The Beloved brews beer with some buddies in Charlotte. Very good beer. Every so often, he makes the three ... continue reading...
Browned Butter Peach Buttermilk Ice Cream for Ice Cream Tuesday
A southern summer staple, peach ice cream gets a bit of an upgrade with this browned butter peach buttermilk ice cream. Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. Pretend that it's Tuesday. Today's Tuesday is a Southern Classic with just enough of a twist to make folks sit up and take notice. This browned butter peach buttermilk ice cream came about in two stages. We bought a lot of local peaches at the farmer's market several weeks ago, and I needed to process them. Staring at a ... continue reading...
Crème Brûlée Stout Ice Cream for Ice Cream Tuesday
Creme Brulee Stout Ice Cream is awesome. Pretty much all beer ice cream is awesome. I really hope you love my version! Don't miss my round up of all my ice cream recipes.Today I bring you a minimalist Tuesday. Usually my ice creams have a base, a swirl and a mix-in, because in my brain, that's what makes it a Tuesday. A few weeks ago when The Beloved and I were up at Lafayette Village, we stopped in the new craft beer shop/bar, Crafty Beer Shop, to check it out and pick up a few bottles. The ... continue reading...
Buttermilk Mascarpone Stracciatella with Balsamic Strawberry Conserve for Ice Cream Tuesday
Buttermilk mascarpone stracciatella is an ice cream you probably have never heard of before. Especially with a swirl of balsamic strawberry conserve. But stick with me, you guys. It is super great! Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. Hello, Tuesday. I'm so glad you're here again. Last week, Tuesday brought an outrageously decadent concoction, Triple Chocolate Coffee Peanut Crunch Gelato. I still have a little bit left, and the texture is just as lovely as the day I made it. ... continue reading...
Triple Chocolate Coffee Peanut Crunch Gelato for Ice Cream Tuesday
Today, dessert speaks for itself.Hello. I am the wonder that is Triple Chocolate Coffee Peanut Crunch Gelato. A mouthful, you might say. And you would be right. I am intensely dark and complex. No sugary base for me, my sugars are all deeply caramelized. A chewy coffee marshmallow cream swirl adds just a bit of a bitter edge. Bittersweet coffee. To add crunch, peanut brittle. Peanut brittle made with demerara sugar for more rich flavor. Peanut and coffee? you ask. Yes. I say ... continue reading...
Cookie Milk Ice Cream for Ice Cream Tuesday
Attention: Cookie Milk Ice Cream is now a thing. And it is seriously great. If you love cookie butter, you'll like the flavor of this speculoos cookie ice cream. Don't miss my round up of all my ice cream recipes. Move over, Cereal Milk, there's a new milk in town. Christina Tosi, the chef/owner at Momofuko Milk Bar, for those not already In the Know, took everyone's favorite, the milk left in the bowl after the cereal is gone, and turned it into a star. I love her playful style, sense of ... continue reading...
English Trifle Ice Cream for Ice Cream Tuesday
With its creamy custard base, raspberry jam swirl, and bits of sherry soaked cake, this English Trifle Ice Cream is a nod to our Auntie Ev's English trifle, but in ice cream form. Don't miss my round up of all my ice cream recipes. Our family lost our Auntie Ev four years ago. While we miss her every day, she is always in our hearts, and we know we can bring her spirit even closer by making the foods that were her signatures. Lemon pound cake. Plum pudding. Angel slices. Trifle. Oh, how I ... continue reading...
Spiced Chocoflan Coffee Ice Cream for Ice Cream Tuesday
Introducing Spiced chocoflan ice cream. I originally made this as a way to use up a botched spiced chocoflan I made. If you don't want to make chocoflan just to make this ice cream, feel free to use bits of chocolate brownie instead. Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. Spiced Chocoflan Coffee Ice Cream I honestly had no idea what sort of ice cream I was going to make this week, until I tried and royally messed up some chocoflan. The whole point of that magical dessert is that ... continue reading...
Honeyed Pear and Walnut Ice Cream for Ice Cream Tuesday
Honeyed Pear and Walnut Ice Cream is juicy and sophisticated. Oh, and it's also delicious. A great ice cream option for the fall and a fun way to pair up pears and walnuts that isn't a salad! Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. Hello, and Happy Ice Cream Tuesday! I have never been a huge fan of vegetables, and as a kid, I don't think I ever ate anything other than starchy vegetables: corn, lima beans, peas, potatoes. I'm pretty sure it was a textural thing, because something ... continue reading...
Maple Buttermilk Pecan Ice Cream for Ice Cream Tuesday
Maple Buttermilk Pecan Ice Cream is my first ice cream for my ice cream Tuesdays series. The tang of buttermilk gives a lighter feel to this ice cream shop classic. Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. Tuesday has nothing much to recommend it. Sorry, Tuesday, but it's true. Day after Monday. Whatever. You aren't Hump Day, marking the slide towards the weekend. Thursday was always party night in college because who couldn't survive just one more day of class all pitiful, tired ... continue reading...
Mexican Flan Ice Cream | #IceCreamTuesday
I love the richness of this Mexican Flan ice cream. Super creamy custard base flecked with shards of hardened caramelized sugar. So good! Don't miss my round up of all my ice cream recipes. I am addicted to flan. Just ask The Beloved. If it's on the menu, I have to order it. I've had sublime flan at restaurants. I've had horrid flan at restaurants. Sometimes I hesitate to order it because there are so many ways that such a simple dessert can go wrong. Then, my addiction and curiosity get the ... continue reading...
The Best Stabilized Whipped Cream
There Are Many Ways to Make Stabilized Whipped Cream A friend pointed me to a video that a guy recorded to test 8 different methods for stabilizing cream. He showed how cream stabilized with all the different methods held up in the fridge and at warm temperatures. I have a gelatin-stabilized fruit mousse on the site, which is basically just whipped cream flavored with fruit puree and stabilized with gelatin. So that counts. I've seen people use pudding mix, cream cheese, a high ... continue reading...
The Best Butterfinger Ice Cream (No-Churn) | #HalloweenTreatsWeek
I wrote this post for #HalloweenTreatsWeek sponsored by Big Bear’s Wife and Dixie Crystals. The recipe and all opinions are my own. Why You Should Make This Recipe This is a great way to use up Fun-Sized (or full-sized) Butterfinger candy bars. It's rich, so a little goes a long way. This recipe is very creamy and crunchy, so there is a nice textural contrast in each bite. After a couple of extra steps of melting ingredients into heavy cream, this is made just ... continue reading...
The Best Butterscotch Ripple Ice Cream (Maricopa Copycat)
The Quest for Butterscotch Ripple Whenever I get a request for a copycat recipe, I always try to find the original ingredient list. That gives me a starting point for experimentation. The Isaly's folks do not have the recipes printed on their website, nor would they tell me the ingredients when I asked via email and social media. Then I sent friends of friends who live in Pittsburgh on a mission to take a photo of the ingredient list for me. No dice. They tried, but Maricopa wasn't ... continue reading...
French Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe (No-Churn)
Watch my French Vanilla No-Churn Ice Cream web story here. This ice cream is another winner for Miss Jenni! Brava!Reader Jane Why You Should Absolutely Make This Recipe First of all, French vanilla ice cream is fantastic. Rich, dense, creamy and perfectly vanilla-y. Plus custard-based ice cream is so dreamy. Even though this recipe is far from diet food, it does contain fewer egg yolks than most standard recipes. I call for 2 yolks in the whole batch, and many other recipes ... continue reading...
Chocolate Caramel Ice Cream (No Churn, Fig Swirl Optional)
This made a delicious, rich and not-too-sweet ice cream made with bittersweet chocolate. Loved it!Reader Jill Why You Should Make This Ice Cream At its heart, this very fancy sounding ice cream is chocolate caramel ice cream. Chocolate ice cream made with a caramel base. Just like with the best hot fudge sauce in the world, caramelizing the base lends tons of complexity you just can't get with a neutral or vanilla base. . We discovered this at the restaurant when I was playing ... continue reading...
Creamy Key Lime Parfait Recipe
I created this recipe for #SummerDessertWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine. Why Make This Recipe? Y'all I'm pretty thrilled with this dessert! You really cannot go wrong with this Key West trifecta of flavors: key limeGraham crackersmeringue And this lime curd? It is the best. It's enriched with some sour cream and white chocolate, giving it a lovely milky flavor that rounds out but doesn't cut out the sharp ... continue reading...
Organic Caramel Vanilla Ice Cream | With Homemade Dulce de Leche
Make This Immediately! Friends, I am generally excited about food, but I have to tell you, you really must drop whatever you're doing right now and make this ice cream. That is how excited I am about this particular food. I will admit there is a bit of a process since you have to make homemade organic sweetened condensed milk first. It's made with organic palm sugar. Sweetened Condensed Milk or Dulce de Leche? If you cook your organic milk and sugar together to reduce the volume by ... continue reading...
The Best Ice Cream Sauce Recipes on the Internet
Ice cream is fantastic. I make a lot of it. And I just jumped on board with the no-churn ice cream trend as well and am Quite Happy there. But ice cream is somehow more special when it is covered in ice cream sauce you've made yourself. So here I have a collection of the best ice cream sauce recipes for you. And they're all in one place! I made you a long pin because I know you'll want to save this roundup somewhere where you'll be able to find it! I've arranged the ice ... continue reading...
Blueberry Lemongrass Ice Cream | #ProgressiveEats
Blueberry lemongrass ice cream is lemony and herbaceous and refreshing. You're going to love it. Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. An entire year has rolled around since Barb of Creative Culinary launched Progressive Eats, and since then, we have had some really fantastic meals! Too bad it's a virtual progressive dinner and not an actual one, but at least we have everyone's recipes if we want to recreate the meals at home. In North Carolina, July is the height of summer. ... continue reading...
Mixed Berry Chambord Ice Cream Topping | Sunday Sundae Sauce
You guys may know that I taught a pie class at Whisk Carolina a few weeks ago. And the week after that, I did a demonstration of "artisan ice cream sauces" at Whisk for the Celebration of Old-Fashioned Soda Shoppes in conjunction with Our State Magazine. I have not forgotten my promise to share the pies we made in pie class, and I thought I'd share the recipes for the ice cream sauces, because they were a big hit too. Mixed berry Chambord ice cream topping is easy to make. It's a beautiful, ... continue reading...
Chocolate Cherry Almond Gelato with White Chocolate Stracciatella, or Hungry Goddess Ice Cream
It's Ice Cream Tuesday and I'm so excited to bring you today's Tuesday, Chocolate Cherry Almond Gelato with White Chocolate Stracciatella actually on a Tuesday! I developed this ice cream (technically gelato) with my friend Kimberly from Hungry Goddess in mind. She is a blogging and social media dynamo and an entrepreneur, and you can find her at Hungry Goddess, Goddess Alive Radio, Shakti Womyn and her recently revived Hungry Goddess Eats Radio which she co-hosts with Sara Teixido. I was on ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Ice Cream with Pecan Swirl
I finally tried it and WOW!. It does taste like fall. I am currently having my own pumpkin-palooza in an effort to convert my pumpkin-hating husband. I think this might do the trick. Thanks!Reader Melinda Why Make This Recipe? In short, make this ice cream because it's delicious! Technically, this is a Sicilian gelato, which is a sweetened milk mixture thickened with cornstarch. The addition of a touch of cream cheese increases scoopability, and is a trick I learned from Jeni of ... continue reading...
Brownie Malt Ice Cream Recipe| A Sundae in a Scoop
Meet brownie malt ice cream. Smooth and creamy and malty with chunks of brownie. Hard to say no! A delicious sundae using this ice cream is the Brownie Malt Sundae here. Don't miss the round-up of all my ice cream recipes. Thanks for stopping by! If you've been following along on facebook, you know that the past few days were full of Cat Trauma. Lester got bitten in the face by a copperhead (he's fine), and when we were driving to the emergency vet's to pick him up after ... continue reading...
Chocolate Sesame Brittle Ice Cream from Scoop Adventures for #ICTScoopAdventures
Hello, tasty chocolate sesame brittle ice cream! This ice cream recipe is a tasty and unexpected twist on a traditional chocolate-peanut butter flavor combo. So good! Don't miss the round up of all my ice cream recipes. Disclosure: I received a copy of the book Scoop Adventures: The Best Ice Cream of the 50 States by Lindsay Clendaniel from the lovely folks at Page Street Publishing. Thank you, guys! Any links to purchase the book are affiliate links. I will get a small percentage of the sale, ... continue reading...
Pina Colada Ice Cream Cake with Boozy Caramelized Pineapple for #tbtfood
Say hello to the Pina Colada Ice Cream Cake. Super simple to make, fun to decorate when you let loose your inner Sandra Lee, and very delicious. Semi-homemade with angel food cake and store-bought ice cream, the star of the show is the boozy pineapples. Don't miss my round up of all my ice cream recipes. I had every intention of bringing you a pineapple upside down no-bake cheesecake today. Sadly, the dude didn't set up for me, so I have turned it into fruit dip. It's delicious, but really not ... continue reading...
Brown Sugar Sour Cream Ice Cream with Roasted Berries
I invited some blueberries and strawberries to join in, and they were happy to do so. Throwing naked raw berries into ice cream really only buys you icy rocks, so I roasted mine for 30 minutes at 350F. This was just enough time to concentrate the flavor and reduce some of the water content while still leaving the berries relatively whole. Worked like a charm. They're still very firm of course, but they aren't full of ice crystals. And their flavor really shines through since I cooked some of the ... continue reading...
Vegan Coconut Avocado Ice Cream | The Best Vegan Ice Cream
Navigating This Post Hi there, friends! This post is long and has a lot of information about how to keep your ice cream creamy in the freezer. If you're just here for the recipe, you can jump straight to it by either using the button under the photo or by clicking on "Vegan Coconut Avocado Ice Cream Recipe" in the table of contents. It Is Possible To Make Creamy Vegan Ice Cream If you had told me just a few months ago that vegan ice cream would be something I'd actually want to eat, ... continue reading...
Sunday Suppers (Tuesday Edition): Holy Mole Chili made with Homemade Chile Paste and some Creative Ways to Use Up the Leftovers
Chili. If I say that to you, an Idea of what chili is to you will pop into your head. Do you see tomatoes or not? How about beans? Ground beef or diced sirloin? Mushrooms? Pork or chicken green chili? Some folks come to blows over these sorts of issues. "Real chili doesn't have tomatoes in it." "Beans?! Are you kidding me?!" "What do you mean, you serve it over spaghetti...?! I am here to tell you that it's all okay. No need for fighting. Let's all be like chili and simmer down. I hereby give ... continue reading...
The Best Spiced Fudge Recipe
I might make a couple of enemies around here with my next statement, so get ready: I think that fudge made with marshmallow fluff is Cheating. Fudge is all about achieving a very singular texture through temperature and crystallization control The only safety nets one should have when making fudge are 1)a thermometer and 2)a little bit of corn syrup to hedge ones' bets. Why You Should Make This Recipe This is a large batch recipe and will yield dozens upon dozens of ... continue reading...
Ice Baths and Water Baths in Baking
Culinary Terms, So We're Clear First, the basics. Please remember that there are very few absolutes when it comes to baking and cooking jargon. What I'm going to describe and call by name A, you might call name B. If you work in a professional kitchen, please call these things what your chef calls them to avoid any unpleasantness. If you're a home cook and need to set one of these things up for some reason, I don't care if you call it "Passamaquoddy" as long as you know how and ... continue reading...
Ratatouille Hand Pies and Pot Pie for #tbtfood
When I came up with the idea for #tbtfood, I envisioned a reinventing of some of the laughable and odd-sounding dishes from the mid-century: quivering Jell-o molds holding suspended an upsetting array of chopped vegetables and meats; casseroles made with condensed cream of this or that soup (or this and that); recipes where Spam figures prominently. You'll see plenty of that (hello, Cherry Yum Yum and Supreme Dessert), but #tbt food can also mean food that takes us back. The food that, with just ... continue reading...
Church Supper Cherry Yum Yum for Throwback Thursday #tbtfood
I grew up going to church every Sunday morning for Sunday School and "big church," every Sunday evening for youth group and every Wednesday evening for Wednesday night suppers and youth choir or bell choir practice. Even back then, Wednesdays were the highlight for me. Not because of bell practice, where we would annoy our director, Jim, to the point of apoplexy (although that was fulfilling in its own way), but because of the supper. Talk about a groaning board. Foods were jumbled together on ... continue reading...
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chess Pie (no Evaporated Milk)
Watch my chocolate chess pie web story here. This recipe is perfection! I baked this pie for the first time on Christmas Day, following the recipe exactly as written. Wow! It was loved by everyone who tasted it. The pie was still “wobbly” in the center at the end of cooking time, but I removed it from the oven anyway. When done, it has the same texture as a pecan pie and not the consistency of a brownie. We served it topped with freshly whipped cream. This is a must-try recipe and destined to ... continue reading...
Mom’s Oatmeal Raisin Bars
Why You Need to Make Mom's Oatmeal Raisin Bars If you love chewy fruity goodness and oatmeal cookies, this bar cookie is for you! An easy oatmeal dough, made without eggs, plus simmered dried fruits in a sticky, thick sweet syrup. Hard to resist! These bars are also very easy to make, plus they are just as tasty whether you add the cinnamon glaze or not. One thing I really appreciate about this recipe is the dough is divided: 2/3 gets pressed into the bottom of a 9" x 13" pan, and ... continue reading...
Strawberry Swirl Brownie Recipe | Strawberry Balsamic Swirl
Watch my strawberry swirl brownie recipe web story here. What Makes These Strawberry Swirl Brownies So Excellent If you love fruit and chocolate, the chocolate-strawberry combination is a winner. Already popularized in chocolate-dipped strawberries, this recipe pairs rich, gooey brownie batter with strawberry jam. The addition of balsamic vinegar in both the batter and the jam sounds odd, but it adds a little zing. Plus the strawberry-balsamic combo is delicious. All three flavors work ... continue reading...
Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
Watch my best brown butter chocolate chip recipe web story here. These will be on regular rotation in my house. The salt and chocolate and everything is just a fantastic bite!Reader Beth Why You Have to Make These Cookies These are cookies with Dimension. They are crisp on the edges and chewy in the center. The dough is nice and butterscotchy, thanks to the browned butter. The touch of espresso powder in the dough doesn't read as "coffee," but it brings a bit of depth to the ... continue reading...
The Best Chocolate Panna Cotta Recipe
Watch my chocolate panna cotta recipe web story here. Why You Should Make This Recipe Panna cotta is easy to make and almost fool-proof. Once you learn the procedure, you are free to experiment with your own flavor combinations. The ingredient list is relatively short. The flavor payoff is big, and panna cotta is an impressive dessert to serve. Everyone gets their own, which is always nice for a fancy dessert. You can also garnish it in many ways, as you can see from my ... continue reading...
Spicy Deviled Corn Recipe
This recipe was created as part of our #HalloweenTreatsWeek celebration sponsored by Big Bear's Wife and Dixie Crystals. The recipe and all opinions are my own. OMG I made this tonight. It's beyond delicious!!! I had to use minced garlic and honey and a fresh jalapeno. Couldn't find candied jalapeno, but now I'm on a mission to find it!Reader (and former teacher colleague) Maria What Makes This Recipe So Great This is a great recipe to make any time of year since it doesn't rely on ... continue reading...
The Best Quick Hot Fudge Sauce Recipe
Why This Recipe is Special Half of the ingredients for this easy ice cream sauce are ones you'd expect to see in a quick fudge sauce: sweetened condensed milk (which is really just milk and sugar reduced in volume)chocolatesalt (counteracts bitterness and brings out flavors)vanilla extract The "secret ingredients" are: corn syrup (just a touch adds gloss to the sauce and contributes body) You can sub honey or maple syrup here if you have an aversion to corn syrup.malted milk powder ... continue reading...
The Best Triple Peanut Butter Cookies in the World
The cookies turned out great! Thank you! Have tried 3-4 of your recipes, always amazing!Reader Susan Why These Cookies are So Excellent Peanut butter lovers, these cookies really are for you. Let's count the ways I shoved peanuts into these guys: Aside from the aforementioned three kinds of peanutty goodness and the chocolate and using Brooks's base recipe, I think what makes them so spectacular is the long refrigerated overnight rest I gave the dough before shaping and baking. ... continue reading...
The Best Peppermint Bark Brownies | Delicious Christmas Brownies!
Absolutely delicious! I omitted the peppermint oil however, I did sprinkled some sea salt on top as suggested and one small, finely ground up candy cane for an extra peppermint flavor and it did not disappoint. Highly recommend this recipe if you love chocolate and peppermint.Pinner S. Carroll Mint and Chocolate As I said at the beginning, I turn to mint and chocolate for a classic Christmas flavor combination. You'll find that pairing in my rich and fudgy chocolate peppermint crinkle ... continue reading...
Traditional Coconut Custard Pie | Old School Comfort Pie
This post was originally sponsored by my client, Dover Publications. Watch my coconut custard pie web story here. What's So Great About This Coconut Pie? This recipe has definitely stood the test of time. By that, I mean it originally was published in a cookbook, The Epicurean, written in 1893. It doesn't get much more traditional than that! Other things to love: Ingredients and Substitutions Here's what you'll need to make this pie. It's a short list, I ... continue reading...
Homemade Graham Crackers Make the Best Graham Cracker Crust
Why Make Your Own Graham Crackers? Mass produced food is convenient, but it isn't always awesome and doesn't always contain the highest quality ingredients. For example, here's the ingredient list for Nabisco's Honey Maid Graham crackers: Unbleached Enriched FlourGraham FlourSugarSoybean And/Or Canola OilHoneyLeavening (Baking Soda And/Or Calcium Phosphate)SaltSoy LecithinArtificial Flavor While there is nothing inherently awful about this ingredient list, there is no really ... continue reading...
The Best Chocolate Syrup | Rich Chocolate Sauce
Chocolate sauce is also really versatile. Since it's much thinner than fudge sauce (but not too thin!), you can more easily stir it into milk for hot chocolate or chocolate milk, spoon it over cake, dip fruit into it, or just douse your favorite ice cream with it. Watch my chocolate syrup web story here. Why This Sauce? What Makes It So Good? Even though chocolate syrup is really easy to make, the success (or failure) is really about balancing the sweetness with the ... continue reading...
The Best Hot Fudge Sauce in the World
Watch the web story for my Absolute Best Hot Fudge Sauce, you guys! This is a superb hot fudge sauce recipe! I have made it twice now. I found I did not need to strain the sauce as it is pretty smooth as is. It is a very easy recipe to follow with big flavour!Reader C. Teshima What makes this the best? This ice cream sauce is not the best because it has the fewest ingredients. No, that prize goes to good old ganache which makes a fine ice cream topping, clocking in at 2 or maybe 3 ... continue reading...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Sauce Made with Sweet Baby Jesus Porter
Cooking and Baking with Beer Beer is for more than just drinking, friends. I love to use it in my baking and in cooking. Why? A couple of reasons: There are a lot of malty flavors in beer, especially darker beer, that play really well with and can accentuate the taste of chocolate, caramel, toffee, and even bread.Even though most of it cooks away, the alcohol present in beer brings out flavors that are alcohol soluble rather than water soluble. These alcohol soluble flavors stay locked ... continue reading...
The Best Nutella Cheesecake Recipe
...this was one of the most decadent desserts I have ever made, completely worth the effort and cooking it in the water bath makes all the difference!Pinner Lindsay What You'll Learn If You Read the Whole Post In this post, I'm going to tell you about how cheesecake is a custard, and how to make one that turns out smooth and dreamy with no cracks on top. I'll also tell you why lower heat is better than high heat when it comes to baking cheesecake, and why a water bath is so ... continue reading...
Traditional Christmas Stollen with Idaho® Potatoes
It's always a delicious honor to work with my friends at the Idaho Potato Commission. Thanks for sponsoring this post, and thank you for supporting my brand partners. You're gonna love this Traditional Christmas Stollen with Idaho® Potatoes! A traditional Christmas Stollen has a very long history. They date back hundreds of years, to the mid-15th century. Packed with dried and candies fruits and nuts and then rolled in sugar after they come out of the oven, these treats are made year round. ... continue reading...
How to Pair Flavors: A Comprehensive Flavor Pairing Guide
The Question I have had this post on my mind for some time, now. Thanks to friend, neighbor and reader Roberta for asking: "How do you know what flavors will go together?" I'm paraphrasing, but that's pretty much the gist of it. I'd even broaden this to ask why do some flavors go so well together while others don't? I'm going to try to answer these huge questions in this Very Long Post. Here's what we'll be examining: the relationship between taste and flavorhow I pair ... continue reading...
Pea and Bacon Arancini | Deep-Fried Risotto Balls | #tbtfood
Remember when the Food Network used to teach you how to cook? Think hard, because it was a long time ago. Way back when Giada was still scowling about having to be on a television show, she showed me how to make arancini. And I watched. And I yearned. Oh, I wanted those deep fried balls of leftover rice with happy little nuggets of cheese in their centers. I wanted to eat them like popcorn. Somehow, the arancini idea never happened. I sort of kept it in the back of my brain as a "someday ... continue reading...
Madagascar Bourbon, Mexican or Tahitian: Comparing Three Types of Vanilla
The Magic of Vanilla I am always amazed when people use the word vanilla as an adjective to describe something or someone who is plain, boring or lackluster. Vanilla is one of the most complex flavors around, containing upwards of 200 different flavor compounds. Due to the labor-intensive nature of its cultivation, harvest and processing, vanilla is also second only to saffron in cost, and the price has risen quite a bit over the last few years due to difficult growing conditions, ... continue reading...
Chocolate Cake with Whipped Ganache Frosting
Chocolate Cake with Whipped Ganache Filling, y'all. Rich and wonderful. And Whipped Ganache is just one of the cake fillings in my cake fillings post if you need some more ideas. This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosure page. How This Cake Happened I have never wanted to be The Cake Lady. Wait. I take that back. I used to want to be The Cake Lady until I made a couple of wedding cakes and realized that it turns me into a snarling, cursing mess for the ... continue reading...
What Does a Pastry Chef Do?
I no longer work in a pastry kitchen full time, but this is an accurate representation of my day when I worked production at a fine dining restaurant. I didn't feel like changing all of this to the past tense, so just go with it! If you're considering becoming a pastry chef, chef or cook and you have never cooked professionally, you should probably give this a read. This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosure policy. Many people have asked me: what does a pastry ... continue reading...
