Homemade rosemary focaccia brushed with olive oil and topped with coarse salt, dried rosemary, and Parmesan. Two large sheet pan loaves with a soft, dimpled crumb.
Classic choux pastry profiteroles made with just 4 ingredients: water, butter, flour, and eggs. Light, hollow puffs ready to fill with cream, ice cream, or custard.
Oranges in wine is an elegant chilled dessert of fresh oranges soaked in a spiced red wine syrup with cinnamon and lemon. Simple, refreshing, and perfect for dinner parties.
Super simple poppy seed bundt cake starts with a doctored cake mix, with vanilla pudding for a moist, dense crumb and a generous handful of poppy seeds. Just mix everything in one bowl and bake.
G.G. Kettler's pie crust uses the old-fashioned boiling water method: hot water beaten into shortening makes a tender, no-fail dough that rolls out easily and bakes up flaky. Makes enough for two double-crust pies.
Pizza dough made with bread flour for a chewy, crisp crust with real stretch. One easy batch rolls into big thin-crust pizzas, and the dough freezes beautifully for later.
A simple all-butter pastry dough made by hand: flour and cold butter rubbed together, bound with a little water, then chilled to rest. A flaky, versatile base for pies, tarts, and galettes.
Sweet-and-sour spinach dressing made from just vinegar, water, and sugar, whisked into a bright, tangy-sweet glaze for cut fresh spinach. A three-ingredient dressing that comes together in two minutes.
Lamingtons made the Aussie way: light sponge cake sandwiched with hot strawberry jam, then rolled in desiccated coconut. A classic afternoon-tea treat with a jammy center and a snowy coconut coat.
Pate a choux, the classic French pastry dough made from just butter, water, flour, and eggs. Master this one batter and you can pipe cream puffs, eclairs, and profiteroles.
McCall's legendary No-Bake Strawberry Cheesecake, straight from their iconic Cooking School recipe card No. 23!
Layered confetti macaroni casserole with whole wheat pasta, cottage cheese, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, and tomatoes. No-boil casserole, healthy weeknight dinner.
Basic apricot glaze simmers apricot preserves with sugar and water into a clear, golden lacquer for fruit tarts, danish pastries, and croissants. Essential pastry kitchen building block in 15 minutes.
Mexican meatball soup (albondigas) with pork-beef meatballs, raw rice inside, simmered with tomatoes, garlic, chili, yerba buena, and bread-cumin thickener, finished with carrots and peas.
Caramelized Spanish onions slow-cooked in red wine, mixed with grated potatoes, Parmesan, rosemary, and yogurt, then baked into a golden torte. Vegetarian and elegant.
Chinese red-cooked chicken drumsticks with chestnuts braise crispy fried chicken in dark soy sauce, sherry, five-spice, and rock sugar until glossy mahogany. A classic hong shao technique for festive Chinese dining.