Being voted the best chocolate chip cookies is no joke. These are award-winning cookies many times over, and I'll tell you how to make them from scratch. Better than your favorite bakery, better than your friend's, and better than mom's chocolate chip cookies! These are truly the best in the world. ...
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Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Swiss meringue buttercream is a silky icing that uses egg whites, sugar and butter. It's not too sweet, and perfect for piping and frosting cakes and cupcakes. Here, you'll learn how to make this silky frosting, heating egg whites and sugar in a double boiler, then adding butter to the meringue. ...
Favorite Roasted Turkey and Gravy + Tips
Favorite Roasted Turkey is the most classic, go-to recipe for making the best Thanksgiving dinner. It will become a family tradition. As a food editor at magazines, the challenge was to come up with a new, unique Thanksgiving dinner recipes every year. What new flavor could I come up with ...
Basic Tart Crust
This homemade tart crust is so simple (and so good). Easy recipes that let you make a million variations are tricks I keep up my sleeve. This tart crust recipe is one of those. It's very simple and is the base for many a variation. Typically tart crusts are a little richer, and a bit more ...
Halloween Candy Corn Twist Cupcakes
I know people who like candy corn. I try not to judge them, and just love them for who they are--but it's hard. For those of you in my camp who don't love the wonderfully iconic Halloween candy, but, like me, survive off of several sugar fixes a day, I created a solution in the form of a ...