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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

Blueberry-Coconut Cream Slab Pie

Put sweet fresh blueberries to good use in this creamy, supersized slab pie. Layered with silky coconut cream, fresh blueberries, and flaky crust, this slab pie is perfect for summer parties and get-togethers.

Coconut Oil Slab Pie Dough

Add more flavor to your pie dough by using coconut oil instead of shortening. Flaky and flavorful, this pie dough recipe is perfect for any pie, including slab pies.

PB&J Sundaes

This sundae is designed for all those kids (grown up or not) who’d basically just eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and ice cream if they could. Feature the tried-and-true flavors as toppings for good ol’ vanilla ice cream.

Black Forest Sundaes

Ice cream alone is a treat, but we all know that sundae toppings are where it’s really at. For this Black Forest Sundae specialty, make homemade Bing cherry sauce and hot fudge — store-bought versions just don’t even compare.

Blackberry Cobbler

Fresh blackberries make the best filling, especially since they're in peak season when you'll most want this fruity cobbler. But frozen berries are an option, too.

Brie & Cherry Braid

This Brie & Cherry Braid looks hard to make, but its actually incredibly simple — is there any better way to describe a recipe? But best of all, with the classic pairing of creamy brie and sweet, tart cherries, this coffee cake makes for the tastiest start to any special morning.

Classic Carrot Cake

Make the best-ever carrot cake with this recipe for Classic Carrot Cake. Moist and packed with flavor from chai spice and cinnamon, this carrot cake, studded with pistachios, is a real winner.

Peppermint Patties

Besides the gift of giving, there are other bonuses to making edible gifts, like skipping the mall. This recipe makes 65 patties, so you can package these precious patties for all your friends and family to enjoy.

Sweet Christmas Corn

This year how about gifting Sweet Christmas Corn to your family and friends? It's the perfect, homemade holiday present — easy, tasty, and affordable. And try adding the two variations — Snack Mix Caramel Corn or Turtle Drizzled Caramel Corn — to the mix, making the popped treat a little more magical.

Royal Icing

Surprisingly enough, it’s really not that hard to create charming decorated cookies. You just have to set your mind to the task, hunker down, and do it! You may be surprised to learn how much fun it is.

Seven-Layer Cranberry Ambrosia

Our Seven-Layer Cranberry Ambrosia recipe is 7 layers of fun texture and exploding flavor. Don't for get the coconut and nuts over top the ambrosia for added crunch.

Red Velvet Cookies

Red velvet is everywhere these days. And it should be! The classic flavor isn’t just for layer cakes and cupcakes — try it in cookies.