Several years ago, I was in the middle of creaming butter, getting ready to make cookies. It wasn’t until AFTER I added the white sugar and rummaged through the pantry that I realized we were completely out of brown sugar. YIKES! That’s the first time I learned how to make brown su...
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Plastic cups are generally not recommended for growing the best crystals but the kids still were fascinated by crystal growth. When you use plastic cups, the saturated solution can cool too quickly leaving impurities to form in the crystals. The crystals will not be as sturdy or perfectly shaped...
How to make homemade fudge What the fudge? You can switch and swap the sugars used in this fudge recipe achieving a different flavour each time to suit each and everyone’s taste buds. Are you a treacle lover? Molasses sugar will give your fudge a deep, bonfire toffee-esque flavour. Dia...
Be sure to wring out the towel before assembling it over the bowl so it’s just damp, and not sopping wet – youdon’twant to dissolve the crystals and make a sweet water! 4. Terra-Cotta Discs A terra cotta disc, or sugar saver, is by far the easiest and most effective method to...
This flan recipe is as easy, classic, and creamy as it gets—here's how to make it the best it can, from the custard to the caramel sauce.
Yes, you can make ice cream in a blender! Just blend together condensed milk, prepared custard (without sugar), heavy cream and vanilla extract. Once the mixture is smooth and thick, transfer to a loaf pan and press down an unbleached parchment paper so no ice crystals form. Freeze just ...
it lengthwise with a sharp knife and scrape the seeds into the milk. After the bean has steeped, remove the pod and rinse in cold water and pat dry. "Used" vanilla beans are still powerfully aromatic, and can be stored in a canister of plain granulated sugar to make vanilla sugar. ...
If you’d like to pipe your cupcake frosting, but don’t have a piping bag, snip a small corner off of a food-storage plastic bag to make your own. If you don’t want use frosting, you can top cupcakes with powdered sugar, whipped topping, ice cream, or a drizzle of ice cream ...
The classic example is ice cream, which you make by churning a mixture of milk, eggs, sugar and flavorings as it slowly chills. The churning disperses air bubbles into the mixture by foaming and breaks up large ice crystals. The result is a complex substance involving solids (milk fat...