906 boiling recipes

These easy to make mashed potatoes are very smooth and creamy. The garlic is boiled with the potatoes which embeds the garlic into the potatoes.

Cooked strawberry jam set with Certo liquid pectin and a hard one-minute boil. The classic no-fail method for a bright, spreadable preserve that gels every time, sealed in sterilized jars.

Ginger bread is one of the classic and traditional cookies people make for Christmas. The rich flavor from brown sugar and molasses is so good and the spices make the uniquely delicious taste.

Blueberry or huckleberry jam uses liquid pectin and lemon for a quick-set traditional preserve. Two-minute hard boil delivers glossy deep-purple jam by the half-dozen jars.

If you can't find orange cake mix, use white or golden---just use orange juice in place of the water when preparing the mix, and add 1 tsp. of orange extract/flavoring. To the topping I also add 3/4 tsp. each of vanilla and orange extract. Garnish, if desired, with Mandarin orange segments.

Homemade string hopper sweet rolls, delicate steamed rice-flour noodle disks wrapped around a sweet coconut treacle and cinnamon filling. A soft, lightly sweet Sri Lankan steamed treat for breakfast or tea.

Hearty vegetarian Texas-style chili with meaty textured vegetable protein, kidney beans, peppers and tomatoes. A high-protein, meatless pot simmered low and slow, and even better the next day.

Blueberry jam pairs deep berries with tart rhubarb for natural pectin set, no commercial pectin needed. Traditional Scottish-style preserve with three ingredients and a simple boil.

Homemade string hoppers (idiyappam), delicate steamed noodle nests pressed from a soft flour dough and steamed in minutes. A Sri Lankan staple, light and lacy, served hot with curry.

Appalachia Mountain fudge boils sugar, butter, and evaporated milk for exactly 13 minutes, then beats the syrup over chocolate chips, milk chocolate bars, and marshmallow cream until thick and glossy.

Granny's boiled fruit cake: an old-fashioned eggless, butterless loaf made by simmering raisins with sugar and shortening, then folding into spiced flour. Plump, moist and Christmas-ready.

Microwave peanut brittle: classic golden, glassy peanut brittle made entirely in the microwave in 10 minutes. No candy thermometer, no boiling pot, no fuss. Just sugar, syrup, peanuts, and patience.

Fresh apricot or peach jam made with liquid pectin and crushed summer stone fruit. A rolling-boil method that locks in bright fruit flavor and gives a reliable, scoopable set.

Fluffy homemade marshmallows from just gelatin, sugar, water, and vanilla, boiled to a syrup and whipped into pillowy clouds. No corn syrup, and far softer than anything from a bag.

Red onions are cooked with balsamic vineger, brown sugar, vegetable broth, turn out very tasty, adding into the lightly boiled green beans, it is a wonderful side dish.

No-cook strawberry freezer jam captures peak summer strawberry flavor with liquid pectin, sugar, and lemon juice. Ready in 20 minutes with no boiling and no canning equipment.