The Orange Family The familiar oranges are the most popular of our citrus fruits. They are nutritional, versatile, and keep well. Popular varieties include Valencia, navel, temple, and blood oranges. The navel orange is best as an eating orange since… Read More »A Quick Guide to Citrus Fruits
Two elements create that thick crust that we love on great European hearth breads: Steam and high temperatures. The steam creates a thicker crust and the high temperature drives the moisture from the loaf. In this article, we will teach… Read More »How to Bake a Crusty Hearth Bread
The concept for stuffed French toast is simple: Make a sandwich with a yummy filling and dip the sandwich in an egg mixture or egg rich batter and cook as you would for other French toasts. The filling needs to… Read More »How to Make Stuffed French Toast
Plain macaroons are heavenly, but we wanted to make the cookies look as good as they taste. These cute nest cookies are the perfect treat for Easter, or any spring gathering. They’re simple enough for kids to make, and delicious… Read More »How To Make Coconut Macaroon Nest Cookies
(Includes raspberry, cherry, and lemon variations) Notes and Update In February 2016, we taught several classes. From that experience and comments from class members, we’ve made the changes and passed on suggestions that are noted here. Four different people have… Read More »A Very Simple Way to Make Very Good Cream Puffs
We love rich, moist banana bread and we love muffins, but most banana muffins just don’t have enough bananas. So we set off to find the perfect banana muffin recipe. For us, the perfect banana muffin is very banana-rich but… Read More »How to Make Perfect Banana Muffins