My mother used to make a white gravy with thinly sliced beef that she got in packages in the deli section of the grocery store. It wasn’t a true chipped beef because it was refrigerated, not dried. She served it… Read More »How to Make Biscuits and Gravy
We’ve always loved the “burnt” candy-coated peanuts that you buy in the store. We wanted to make our own, and we knew that homemade would be better. Besides, we could experiment with different flavors. We never could get them to… Read More »How to Make Candy-Coated (Burnt) Peanuts
Use this recipe to make vanilla cream pie or as a base to make chocolate cream pie or coconut cream pie. This is a very good recipe, an easy recipe to make, and illustrates the principles outlined in How to… Read More »Vanilla Cream Pie Recipe
We’ve made many versions of streusel cake or streuselkuchen. Pennsylvania Dutch Streusel Cake is one of the best. Like most, this one has a layer of fruit filling tucked under the streusel top. You can serve Pennsylvania Dutch Streusel Cake… Read More »Pennsylvania Dutch Streusel Cake with a Fruit Filling
Macaroons have been with us for centuries. Traditionally, they were made with almonds pounded to a paste and flavored with rose water or spices. Today, most people think of macaroons as coconut laced chewy cookies. Meringues are a close cousin… Read More »How to Bake Macaroons
We can’t make up our minds: Are these chocolate chip cookies with peanut butter or peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips. Either way, these are great. Since these are loaded with peanuts, they are even better. Add this to your… Read More »Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
If you don’t believe potatoes and pizza go together, try the red potato and green bean white pizza. This one adds green beans and mushrooms and tastes and textures that complement each other well. The key to making a good… Read More »Red Potato and Green Bean White Pizza
It’s no wonder quick breads are so popular. They are easy, fast—as the name implies, nearly foolproof, versatile, and oh, so good. We commonly know them as sweetened loaves with fruit or nuts, somewhere between yeast breads and cakes in… Read More »All About Baking: Quick Breads
Everyone loves cinnamon rolls. But you never have to make the same sweet rolls twice. By varying the frosting and the filling, you can create an endless variety of sweet rolls. Here we’ll explore some of the ways in which… Read More »How to Make a Thousand Sweet Rolls
For one of our favorite cheesecakes, we melt white chocolate wafers and drizzle it into our batter. It makes the cheesecake smooth and rich. We wanted a white chocolate frosting to drizzle over a coffeecake and started to experiment. We… Read More »About White Chocolate Frosting