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What is Pearl Sugar and How to Substitute

Pearl sugar is a type of specialty sugar used in baking. Sugar crystals are compressed together to form larger nibs of sugar. Learn how...

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Cinnamon Sugar Ratios for Baking

Cinnamon sugar is a mixture that can be used as a component for many baked goods such as cinnamon roll filling, coating snickerdoodles and...

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How to Toast Coconut Flakes for Baking

Learn how to toast coconut flakes that can be used as a dessert topping or mixed into cookies, muffins, pie filling, and cakes. Toasting...

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How to Make Pastry Cream

This basic pastry cream recipe is the base for filling many pastries, pies, cakes, and tarts. Pastry cream can be flavored in a variety of...

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Basic Whipped Cream Recipe

This basic whipped cream recipe produces a slightly sweet and light and airy dessert topping or filling. Homemade whipped cream is made with as...

Frosting & Toppings

Lemon Glaze for Cookies, Scones, and Cakes

This easy lemon glaze is a basic icing used to glaze cookies, scones, cakes, and more! This is by far the easiest type of...

Yeast Bread Techniques

Modified Straight Dough Method for Yeast Bread

Understand what the modified straight dough method is and how it is used to mix enriched yeast bread dough. This method ensures that the...

Baked shortbread crust, sable breton, to use for tarts, cheesecake, and cookie bars.

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Shortbread Crust, Sablé Breton

Shortbread crust, also known as sablé breton crust, is a buttery pastry used as the crust for pies, tarts, and cookie bars. Learn how...

Soft peanut butter cookies on cookie sheet

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Simple Soft Peanut Butter Cookies

This peanut butter cookie recipe creates the best soft peanut butter cookies with only 5 ingredients needed. This easy recipe is naturally gluten free...

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How to Make Biscotti, Basic Biscotti Recipe

The process of how to make biscotti is unique in that the cookies are baked twice! This simple version of the iconic Italian cookie...

Profiterole filled with cream and topped with chocolate glaze

Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts

Classic Profiteroles, Profiteroles au Chocolat

Learn how to make classic profiteroles (profiteroles au chocolat). Profiteroles are made with french choux pastry and are filled with ice cream and topped...