Maria Short
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How to Warm & Serve Irish Soda Bread
Plus, tasty recipes for making your own Irish soda breadIrish soda bread is a hearty, delicious baked treat that is usually enjoyed around Saint Patrick’s Day. However, this easy-to-make bread can be enjoyed all year f...
How to
Make a Piping Bag
A piping bag, also known as a pastry bag, is a cone-shaped bag that you fill with icing, frosting, or sauce. You apply pressure to the bag to dispense frosting, icing, or sauce in a specific pattern to make your dish bea...
How to
Make a Dinosaur Cake
Both kids and adults are fascinated by dinosaurs, and a dinosaur cake is a great way to celebrate a birthday or special occasion for the dino buff in your life! A stegosaurus cake is a great dinosaur cake to make, becaus...
How to
Eat Mochi Ice Cream
Creative & delicious ways to enjoy mochi ice cream Mochi ice cream is a tasty Japanese-style dessert consisting of a ball of flavored ice cream wrapped inside a sweet, chewy dough made out of rice flour. You can buy moch...
How to
Tie an Apron
Tying an apron may seem like a puzzle when you’re doing it for the first time. If your apron has a bib, start by tying the neck loop. Then determine whether you want to tie your apron in the front or the back based on ...
Beginner-Friendly Cake Recipes to Make From Scratch
A step-by-step guide to baking vanilla, chocolate, and apple cakes (plus tips and tricks)There's nothing like the taste of a cake you made in your own kitchen. But is the delicious reward really worth all the work? Belie...
How to
Make Caramel from Sweetened Condensed Milk
Most of the time, people cook caramel by heating up regular or brown sugar until it turns into a smooth and creamy substance. However, you can also make caramel out of sweetened condensed milk, creating the same great sa...
How to
Cut a Round Cake
Round cakes are tasty treats that, at times, can be difficult to cut into enough pieces to serve everyone. In addition to the typical method of cutting a round cake into triangle-like slices, round cakes can also be cut ...
How to
Thicken Custard
Custard is typically an egg-yolk-based sweet cream dessert that can stand on its own or as an ingredient in other desserts (like crème brûlée or pie, for example). If you've tried making custard from scratch, you alre...
3 Delicious Ways to Melt Marshmallows
From stovetop to oven-roasted, to fire-roasted, we’ve got you coveredSometimes, a recipe calls for melted marshmallows, but it does not always tell you how to melt them. This article will show you three different ways ...
How to
Make Brown Food Coloring
If you don't have brown food coloring on hand or don't want to go with the store-bought variety, there are ways to mix it up yourself at home. Read on to learn how to blend colors for that perfect brown and how to use co...
How to
Suspend an Object in Jello
Whether you're trying to make a creative dessert or prank one of your office mates at work, suspending a solid object in Jello is a fun, easy activity. Start by mixing 1 packet of Jello into a large mixing bowl. Let the ...
How to
Keep Cornbread from Crumbling
Learn the real reason your cornbread is so dry and crumblyCornbread is a classic Southern side dish, and there are hundreds of different recipes for it! One of the most common problems with homemade cornbread is crumblin...
How to
Make Wheat Paste
This mixture of vegetable starch and water has been used as an adhesive for centuries. Street artists and concert promoters use wheat paste to put up posters, craftspeople use it in papier-mâché or decoupage, and prof...
How to Keep a Baguette Fresh with Proper Storage
Plus, learn how to use stale baguettes in tasty dishes It's always a little sad when a perfectly good baguette goes stale before you can eat it. Fortunately, there are a few simple things you can do to keep your baguette...
How to
Make Toaster Strudel Vanilla Glaze
Got a sweet that needs icing? A bundt cake maybe? Read this to learn how to make some ''Toaster Strudel'' Vanilla Glaze.
How to
Tell if a Cheesecake is Done
Cheesecake, whether you like New York or Italian style, is a light and delicious dessert. Because it contains a fair amount of milk or cream in addition to soft cheese, it can be hard to tell when it is done. However, th...
How to Calibrate an Oven: Digital and Analog
It's frustrating to find that your oven is running too hot or too cold—signs that it's time to calibrate it. Ovens heat in cycles, so it's completely normal that the temperature fluctuates a little. It's when the tempe...
How to
Make a Simple Chocolate Cake
Everyone likes chocolate cake! If you like simple recipes or are short of time, why not make a simple chocolate cake? It's delicious, easy to make, and takes less than an hour from start to finish.
How to
Prepare a Pop Tart
Pop Tarts are delicious small pastries that you can eat for breakfast or as a snack. Although you can eat Pop Tarts straight out of the package, they taste a little better when they’re warmed up. You can use the tools ...
