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Tempered Chocolate on a Spoon

The Easiest Way to Temper Chocolate

Tempered chocolate breaks with a clean, crisp snap, shines beautifully, and has a smooth texture. While professionals often use expensive machines to prepare chocolate this way, you can do it using the partial melt …

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Dulce de leche dripping off of a spoon

Dulce de Leche Three Ways

You can make dulce de leche (a sweet, addictive caramel-like sauce popular in Latin America) three different ways. Whether you prefer to use the stove, an electric pressure cooker, or a slow cooker, you …

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Carob Cupcake

Carob Cupcakes

In this post, contributor Jessica Touchette shares her fabulous carob cupcake recipe with us. I had the pleasure of trying the cupcakes and I immediately fell in love with their sweet, earthy flavor. …

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Mango Cupcakes – I Learned The Secret

These moist mango cupcakes topped with decadent, drippy dulce de leche are the mango cupcakes that I've been wanting to create, but until now, hadn't. Don't you want to lick the dulce de leche …

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Stefani Pollack holding a clotted cream ice cream sandwich

About

Hi! I'm Stefani Pollack. I'm a full-time writer, recipe developer, and entrepreneur. My roots are in New York but I've lived in St. Louis, Missouri long enough to call it home. …

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Crumpets

All About Crumpets

A crumpet is a type of bread most closely related to the English muffin. They are a light yeast bread, made on a griddle, as you would a pancake. In this post, we'll explore …

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Cacao Nib Cookie Recipe – Unique and Delicious

Cacao nib cookies are to chocolate chip cookies as vanilla bean ice cream is to French vanilla ice cream - each has its place. Some of you will question why I would bake a …

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17th-century-cake

This Seventeenth-Century Cake Is the Ancestor of the Cakes We Love Today

My newest contributor is Jess Touchette - she's a librarian and she'll be sharing well-researched stories of the desserts that you know and love.  I hope you enjoy her first contribution. This is a …

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Mini Gingerbread Village

Working with Gingerbread House Kits

Gingerbread house kits make creating these cute holiday decorations an easy and fun family project. Here's everything you need to know to successfully decorate a gingerbread house from a kit! …

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Maple Sesame Cany

Easy Sesame Seed Candy (Pasteli) Recipe

Sesame seed candy, also called pasteli, is so easy to make! It's a candy sweetened with honey or maple syrup, and it's loaded with crunchy, earthy sesame seeds. You can add nuts for extra flavor …

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A few chocolate leaves on a black plate

Chocolate Leaves in 30 Seconds

It takes just 30 seconds to make amazing chocolate leaves using a bowl of chocolate and a comb! Use the leaves to decorate cakes, pies, and cupcakes or simply arrange them on a plate …

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