Posts Tagged ‘sugar’

Master baker Nick Malgieri’s Perfect Chocolate Loaf Cake was, well, perfect.
And chocolate cake perfection can only be topped by one thing – chocolate custard perfection. So, naturally, I referred back to one of the nation’s best bakers for the seamless marriage of creamy and crunchy and sweet and savory. Meet Chocolate Pots de Crème with [...]

Monet was to the art of painting as Nick Malgieri is to the art of all things confectionery. Author of nine cookbooks and Director of Baking Programs at The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE), Malgieri has established himself as the foremost authority on delectable desserts. From Supernatural Brownies to Chocolate Chunk Zucchini Cake, this man [...]

I have been eagerly awaiting Module 4 of my culinary arts program, as it signals the start to four straight weeks of intensive pastry and baking. From cream puffs and croissants to pâte à choux and palmiers, we will be covering every inch of sugar-topped and butter-stuffed glory.
We’ve made the transition from culinary lessons, where [...]

I’m turning to all of my holiday baking favorites as I count down the last few days before Christmas. From my great grandmother Momoo’s 100-year-old recipe for Peanut Butter Bars to simple classics like Christmas Wreaths, deck the halls with flour and make your home a sugary winter wonderland with my favorite holiday sweets.
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Let the holiday baking begin! I had all of the ingredients for these Brown Sugar Shortbread cookies in my pantry, so they became the product of a lazy afternoon spent avoiding the 20º temperatures outside. This recipe was adapted from a recent feature I read in The Washington Post about the simplicity of shortbread and [...]

Each nook and cranny of my NYC kitchen is stuffed with every kitchen gadget imaginable. Potsticker maker? Check. Food mill? Check. Edges only brownie pan? Check. You name it, I own it. But an ice cream maker is one thing I don’t have. So when I stumbled upon a gadget-crazed version of cranberry sorbet I [...]

I wish I could say after my fifth attempt at homemade donuts that I had found the holy grail of glaze. But six quarts of oil, three types of flour and four recipes later and I’m still out of luck. So I’ve shelved my attempts (and my pride) and opted for a concept, rather than [...]