Baking Basics

The chocolate chip cookie is the king of all chocolate recipes. Baking these chocolate chip cookies has become a ritual for many families and friends. Use this cookie recipe to quickly and easily...

Learn how to make a great pie crust in a matter of minutes

this is how you make chocolate pudding in a microwave, very easy to do. 1/4 cup milk, 2/3 cup sugar, 3 tablespoons cornstarch, 1/4 salt, 1/4 cup cocoa one teaspoon of vanilla combine all...

This is a recipe for sweet butter. You can make it with your kids as a type of experiment or you can just make to use.

My article is a "how to" piece on how to bake great tasting bread. All you have to do is follow the recipe.

Vanilla whipped cream tastes great and is very easy to master. Vanilla whipped cream goes with so many wonderful things. From baked goods to drinks this is a truly versatile recipe that you will...

Creaming butter, one of the first steps in many dessert recipes, refers to when butter is whipped and then sugar is added. The mixture is beaten until it is pale and light. Because the air...

Scrambled eggs are a perfect way to wake up in the morning. To make great tasting, fluffy, delicious eggs follow the steps below.

Many times the home baker will need brown sugar for a recipe only to find that it is rock hard. Seemingly nothing will soften it. If there is time, the brown sugar can be softened with gentle...

Lemon icing is a sugar-based lighter frosting that is often drizzled over a baked cake to add flavor. Icing usually is not spread completely over the cake but drizzled on the top and down the...

How much money do you spend on quality bakery items? Do you want to be able to wow your family with gourmet muffins for breakfast without the gourmet price sticker? Here is how to take a basic...

A food mixer is a common appliance in modern kitchens. Most models stand upright. The mixer has a base with a turntable that holds on to the mixing bowl and a motor that spins two beaters in...

This is a great recipe handed down through our family and is perfect if you: 1) Have little time/energy for things you could buy at Trader Joe's that taste equally good; 2) Wish to teach a child...

I love making my own chocolate at home and then selling and giving it as gifts. I got tired of melting it on a pot and didn't have time to wait so I started melting it at home using a microwave....

Are you wondering just how long those raw eggs have been in your refrigerator? Was it last month? Two months? Maybe longer? Have you thrown away your egg box and put your eggs in the handy egg...

Cornbread was part of breakfast, lunch and dinner in early Appalachia and still To this day remains a staple in people’s diet in the area. There is nothing fancy about the bread Making it easy to...

Citrus sugar is wonderful and refreshing alternative to using just plain old sugar. You can use this in baking, for teas, it can also be used to make simple syrup or what ever suits your fancy....

This year it is going to be hard spending every holiday in a restaurant. This is a restaurant recipe that can bring love to the table every time. If you love chocolate pudding you NEED to have...

This article well explain how to make bread WITHOUT a bread machine. If I can do it, you can do it. It takes about 15 to 20 minutes of actual work to make a week's worth of bread and it saves a...

Icing is needed for a wide variety of baked or sugary goods -- cakes, cupcakes, pancakes, and even fruit, if you've got that much of a sweet tooth. You could always go to the store and buy up...

This has only happened to me one time in all of the eggs that I have ever broken. Not wanting this to happen to you, I wanted to share what happened one day when I broke an egg and it was milky,...

This article explains step by easy step how to whip egg whites. Great tips to follow when making meringue.

Baking is a skill that has been practiced and mastered over the last several hundred years. With a few packets of active dry yeast, even a person unfamiliar with the history behind the baking of...

Homemade frosting is delicious and easy to make. It can be used on cakes, cupcakes and brownies. Frosting is made from various combinations of high fat ingredients such as milk, butter, cream...

When fixing crab legs, many people make the mistake of either boiling or steaming their crab legs. Most crab legs that you purchase in the store will be frozen, which means they have already been...

If you love to bake, a stand mixer can be your best friend. A good stand mixer can handle everything from buttercream frosting to bread dough. Not all stand mixers are the same, so in order to...

"Eat more fiber." You've heard it before and you'll hear it again because fiber is an essential nutrient that Americans just don't get enough of on a daily basis. Fiber is best known for it's...

Everyone has a sweet temptation, and mine happens to be cupcakes. Actually, the most popular cupcake sold at a bakery is the vanilla vanilla- both vanilla cake and vanilla icing (my favorite!)....