Here's the secret to making a perfect pie crust for your holiday desserts. You can fill this crust with all sorts of fruits, nuts and filling. This recipes requires a pastry blender and uses shortening. Water varied based on the humidity of the kitchen.
Sweet potato casserole is a holiday classic. Use these tips to be sure the recipe works for a gluten-free diet. This is a great Thanksgiving side dish to accomodate a gluten-free diet. The sweet potatoes are obviously a naturally gluten-free food.
Learn how to proof yeast. Yeast is used in baking as a leavening agent, which is what makes bread and pastries light and airy. Yeast reacts with moisture, sugar, and heat to create tiny bubbles of carbon dioxide which cause the dough to expand and rise. To proof yeast, you'll need yeast, sugar, moisture and warm environment.
Bailey's in a cheesecake? Incredible. Genius. Inspired. And Rebecca's technique makes this cheesecake lighter than most. Watch this video recipe to learn how to make Bailey's cheesecake.
Plum cake is a traditional Czech dessert. Follow along with this cooking how-to video to learn how to make a plum cake from scratch. Watch these two Czech girls as they show you how to prepare it. The ingredients you need for the cake are: butter, salt, milk, yeast, egg yolks, sugar, plums, and flour. Don't forget to glaze the baked bread with melted butter.
This basic dough is used to make several types of buns in Chinese cuisine including the famous barbecued pork buns. Follow along with this Asian cooking how-to video to learn how to prepare steamed bun dough. The ingredients you need for the dough recipe are: flour, warm water, sugar, active dry yeast, baking powder, and shortening. Have fun making Chinese steamed buns.
There is nothing tastier and simpler than roasted cherry tomatoes. Follow along in this cooking how-to video to learn how to roast cheery tomatoes with balsamic vinegar. Start by seasoning the tomatoes with salt and pepper. Drizzle the cherry tomatoes with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Bake them at 200 degrees centigrade for 6 to ten minutes or until soft.
Here is a simple food that is full of flavor. This cooking how to video demonstrates the step by step process of making an alpine egg. An alpine egg is simple a baked egg with a little bit of seasoning. Try making an alpine egg, it makes a great snack or light starter.
In this cooking how-to video Chef Mario shows Rachel a new way to eat "chips and dip". Watch this cooking lesson as he shows you how to make a unique and quick snack out of plantains. All the ingredients for this recipe are thinly sliced plantains, olive oil, salt and pepper. Serve up the baked chips with a a sour cream dip and a beer.
Need a quick and easy chocolate dessert? In this cooking how to video Rachel and chef Mario got you covered. Watch this cooking video lesson as the Two Minute Chefs show you how to make a chocolate souffle cake with raspberries! This souffle cake is very simple to prepare, you can start with any store bought chocolate cake mix.
A quick snack that you can make any day of the week are wonton crisps. These wonton crisps are a variation of Taco Bell's cinnamon twists. All you need for this Asian inspired recipe are wonton wrappers, margarine, brown sugar and cinnamon.
In this cooking how-to video Will and Rachel show you how to make an amazing apple tart in the easiest way possible. Impress your friends and family with your new cooking prowess with this simple apple dessert recipe. The ingredients you will need to make the apple tart are: skinned apples, lemon juice, sugar, and butter.
There are many different ways to cook fry bread. This is how Kathryn Little learned how to do it from living on a Navajo reservation for 30 years. You will need flour, baking powder, salt, milk, water, and Crisco. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make tortilla-style Navajo fry bread.
Bake yummy cookies in minutes with a regular cake mix. You will also need cream cheese, a stick of butter, an egg, vanilla and powdered sugar. These cookies are easy and fancy treats to pack and take anywhere. Or, you can picnic at home!
Chop chop chop, let's make a cool nacho appetizer for the hungry people in the next room. Use tortilla chips, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, a grated cheese, fresh or canned salsa, sour cream olives and chilis to taste. You don't need to bake this nacho dip, so you can enjoy this summer snack without sweating in the kitchen.
Looking for a healthy dessert? You say pee-cans, I say pe-cahns. Sugar glazed pecans can be served as a holiday dessert, a festive snack, a gift for a friend, or an everyday healthy snack. Four eggs, non-stick spray, ginger ale (for effervescence), salt cinnamon, sugar, and eight cups of pecans. Baking the nuts will help release their natural flavor.
Serving pears today carries a special cachet. It's really worth knowing more about them. Pears can be poached, baked, grilled or roasted. One of the most delicate tasks is to match the right pear with the right cheese. Pears are one of most high fiber fruits.
Just because you are eating vegan food now doesn't mean you have to give up pizza. This pizza how to video tutorial demonstrates how to prepare a completely vegan pizza pie from scratch. Watch and learn how easy it is to make. Top your pizza with your favorite veggie toppings and bake.
These barbecue beans, loaded with big slices of bacon, are ready to eat in only a couple of hours. The bacon, home-made rub and sauce, sweet molasses and brown sugar in these beans will get you some "good eatin'" smiles at your next barbecue. Just don't tell 'em how you made 'em. That's our secret.
Ciambellone are a deliciously simple Italian treat. They are a cross between cake and bread, it's almost like a soft biscotti - so it's great to dip in your morning coffee. Watch this how to video and let chef Jim show you how to make ciambellone.
One of my favorite lunches was leftover spaghetti fried in butter until Chef Jim presented me with this healthier and just as delicious alternative. Watch and learn how to make pasta frittata with leftover pasta. Use it for breakfast or lunch, but either way you will agree that this recipe for pasta frittata is delicious.
In this how to video Chef Paul demonstrates how to make scalloped sweet potatoes with oranges. This is a very simple and sweet dessert to accompany any dinner. Watch and learn how to bake this sweet potato and orange casserole.
Watch this how to video and learn how to make delicious, rich brownies. This brownie recipe is made with bitter chocolate and a very strong coffee. Learn how to make this coffee and chocolate brownies that are sure to give your daily dose of caffeine.
Moroccan crepes are also called baghrir, which translated to the crepes of a thousand wholes. Watch this how to video and learn how to make these at home. All you need: semolina flour, all purpose flour, sugar, salt, egg, baking powder, water and yeast.
Eating sugar or gluten free food shouldn't mean you have to sacrifice decadent desserts. Watch this how to video and learn how to make Norwegian vegan chocolate cake. This Norwegian chocolate cake is dairy, egg, sugar, wheat free. Instead of regular flour it uses spelt flour or for gluten free use rice flour. This chocolate dessert tastes fantastic, everyone is sure to love it.
Don't know what to make with all those fresh blackberries? In this how to video Julie Hasson takes a page from her cookbook "The Complete Book of Pies" and demonstrates a easy cobbler for summertime fruit. Watch as she demonstrates how to make a delicious fresh blackberry cobbler.
Forget about grilling you porterhouse steaks with just a little salt and pepper, add a little southern flavor to them. This how to videos shows you how to grill Cajun style steaks so they come out perfect every time. Serve up your steaks with a some delicious baked potatoes seasoned with Creole seasoning.
Strawberry season means it's strawberry shortcake time. Here's an easy strawberry shortcake recipe that is sure to please. Watch this how to video to learn how to make a delicious strawberry shortcake with angel food cake mix.
Royal icing is very versatile and great for cake decorating. In this how to video Edna teaches how to make simple royal icing daisies. Watch and learn how to make these beautiful daisy flowers out of royal icing for all your baked goods.
Oven toasters are great when cooking for one. This how-to video has delicious toaster oven recipes by four-star chef Eric Ripert. Today's recipe features Parmesan zucchini with balsamic.
Do you know how to separate an egg without breaking the yolk? Or how to remove a bit of yolk from egg whites? Learn this cooking and baking basic in this Egg how-to video.
This tutorial baking video will teach you how to make your very own blueberry yogurt cheese cake. This is a great summertime treat! The blueberries really compliment the cheesecake.
Professional Chef Cat Cora shows how to roll out and shape a professional looking pie crust. Pie crusts are a delicate art form, and require a lot of practice, but these tips will help. Learn how to form a great pie crust by watching this video baking tutorial.
Proper measurement can the difference between success and failure in the kitchen. Measuring accurately is one of the most important things when baking. Watch this how-to video and let Bon Appetit Magazine show you how to measure dry and wet ingredients. Learn how to measure flour, brown sugar, milk and what kitchen tools to use.
In this episode of Gourmet Again! learn how to prepare delicious blueberry-lemon cheesecake bars, teriyaki chicken and BBQ sauce beef marinades, and sun-dried tomato spread, all for a Saturday soiree. Watch and follow along with this video cooking tutorial and learn how to cook and bake everything needed for a party platter.
Create beautiful works of art with every cake you bake. Watch this how to video to learn how to create a basket weave decoration on any cake. Don't forget to top off your cake with a flower made out of icing.
You don't need fancy kitchen tools to decorate your cookies and cakes. All you need is a some parchment paper and some quick folding skills. Watch this how to video to learn how to cut and fold a paper cone out of parchment paper to decorate your baked goods.
Usually eaten for breakfast or in the afternoon, pain au chocolat, literally translated as 'bread with chocolate,' is a square French pastry filled with creamy chocolate. See how to make a simple version of these chocolate croissants at home.
While making homemade sourdough bread does involve some time, it's not hard to do, and the results are the most amazing bread you've ever tasted. This is the real San Francisco treat: fresh-from-the-oven sourdough!
Looking for an inventive way to prepare your fish? Try this mouth watering recipe, which calls for fresh tilapia, cilantro leaves, and roasted peanuts.
