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Tips
How to Toast Coconut
No matter how you go about it, toasting coconut immediately pumps up the flavor of whatever dish you add it to.
How to Make Candy Cane Sugar
Do your favorite party foods tend to be sweet instead of savory? Here's a way to give your sweets a little holiday flair.
Blind Baking Without Pie Weights
Pie weights work fine for weighing down the bottom of a pie crust — here's a way to keep the sides from sagging, too.
How to Crimp Pie Dough
No matter how simple a pie recipe is, make the finished product look elegant with one quick decorating tip.
Recycle Bakery Containers to Transport Homemade Baked Goods
Don't let all your hard work baking those treats go to waste — store and transport them safely with this quick tip.
How to Chop Warm Toasted Nuts
Toasted nuts add great flavor to cookies and other baked goods. Know when best to chop them, so they don't get unwieldy.
How To Fill A Pastry Bag
Filling a pastry bag can sometimes be awkward when trying to cuff the bag over your hand. Here's an easy, mess-free tip to fill a piping/pastry bag. Save time on frosting prep and simplify your cupcake decorating process with this helpful tip for filling pastry bags.
4 Tips for Perfect Shortcakes
For the best results, keep these four straightforward points in mind when mixing and cutting shortcake dough.
No Cake Tester? Use a Dry Spaghetti Noodle!
It's important to test soufflés or other baked goods for doneness. Here's a tip you'll want to keep in mind!
Easy, Easier, Easiest Cookie Decorating Tips
Cookie Decorating Tips & Tricks
How-To's
How To Assemble a Layer Cake with Frosting
Follow these simple steps for a cake that’s both impressive and stable.
All About Cream & How to Whip It
From half-and-half to heavy cream, this smooth and rich cooking and baking cornerstone is explained. Now you can case the dairy aisle with confidence. Plus, if you ever wondered about the difference between soft peaks, medium peaks, and stiff peaks, we'll teach you.
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Recipes
Chocolate-Gingerbread Cookies
Sugar, spice, and everything nice — especially chocolate — are all essential elements of the holiday season. Combine all three in these festive cookies made with cocoa powder and the fundamental spices used to flavor gingerbread.
Maple-Pumpkin Crème Brûlée
Pumpkin is a given at Thanksgiving, but it deserves to be seen other times of the year. Here's one good reason to enjoy pumpkin earlier in the season.
Apple-Cranberry Pie
This pie is no run-of-the-mill dessert — a perfect blend of apples and sweet cranberries topped with irresistible almond streusel. Vanilla ice cream is optional (but oh so good!).
Cinnamon-Almond Bars
Store-bought candy bars are a thing of the past. Sweeten up your homemade cooking by making your own candy that will taste even better than the prepackaged stuff.
Raspberry Thumbprints
These cookies are easy to make and a great way to get children in on the act — with close supervision, of course. This recipe is super fun and easy to make, and can be customized with whatever fruits your prefer.
Apple-Ginger Bread
Studded with fruit and nuts, this quick bread makes a tasty holiday gift. Freeze today, then glaze before gifting.
Chocolate-Chip Banana Bread
What is quick bread, anyway? Some familiar quick breads are biscuits, corn bread, muffins, and these loaf breads. What they all have in common is that they use baking soda or powder to rise instead of yeast.
Banana-Spice Muffins with Streusel Topping
Muffins aren’t new to the low-fat scene—every coffee shop has them. These muffins taste great and they're the healthier option when you're craving a sweet pastry. The best part is you can make them all yourself.
Black Cherry Sauce
Black Cherry sauce is a flavorful and versatile sauce that can be topped over almost any dessert, like chocolate cake or vanilla ice cream. This recipe really puts the cherry on top of your favorite desserts.
Molten Chocolate Cakes
These individual cakes have a pocket of chocolate that oozes out of a warm cake. Then they're topped with warm Black Cherry Sauce.
Wine-poached pears with vanilla-cinnamon sauce
Your average Anjou may not seem as “sexy” as trendier fruits. But poach it in red wine and—hello! Plain-jane pears become a delicacy!
Granola mini-cakes with cottage icing
Granola is big in these little cakes, adding a variety of whole grains and nuts for a hearty texture.