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How To Make Caramel Candy Apples

caramel apples cooling on parchment paper, one rolled in chopped peanuts, one coated with rainbow sprinkles, and one plain shiny caramel

How to Make Caramel Candy Apples That Actually Stick The first caramel apple I ever had wasn’t at some fancy dessert station. It was the Santa Cruz County Fair. Early September, buses hauling us down from Valencia Elementary, that dusty…

How To Use Sodium Citrate To Make Cheese Sauce

cheddar cheese sauce made with sodium citrate being poured slowly from a large spoon

Make the Creamiest Cheese Sauce Ever with This One Secret Ever tried making a cheese sauce that turned out grainy or oily? We’ve all been there. You start melting the cheese, things look promising – then suddenly, it splits. Clumps…

How to Sous Vide Without A Machine

How to Sous Vide Without A Machine

Sous Vide Secrets! How To Sous Vide Without A Machine At Home Ever heard of sous vide and thought, “Sounds delicious, but I don’t have hundreds to spend on another kitchen appliance”?  We felt stuck, because we craved that perfectly…

How to Fix Seized Chocolate

how to fix seized chocolate

How to Fix Seized Chocolate And 45 Ways To Still Use It If You Can’t  We’ve all been there, right in the middle of making something great. You’re melting chocolate, and then…a nightmare.  It turns into this grainy, clumpy mess…

How To Steam Chicken Without A Steamer

how to steam chicken without a steamer

How to Steam Chicken Without a Steamer – Quick, Simple, and Delicious Steaming chicken without a steamer sounds like a challenge, but it’s easier than you think. Maybe you’ve got raw chicken ready to go but no fancy equipment, or…