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Make This Breakfast Cake With Bananas and Oats
Oats need help. I am forever on the lookout for ways to make breakfast oatmeal more interesting. Despite how nutritious and filling it can be, preparing the same oatmeal every day is a recipe for tedium, and that’s not how I like to eat. Along with fried oatmeal squares, risotto-style oatmeal, and grated apple overnight…
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Make This Decadent Nutella-Banana Lava Cake
My beef with chocolate fondant cake, or any lava cake that relies on an undercooked centre, is that you have to sit in front of the oven window waiting for the precise moment to remove the cake, then un-mould its screaming hot, delicate cake-body from the pan without destroying it. There’s enough stress in other…
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Make This Simple, Elegant Dessert for Valentine’s Day
I love an easy, impressive dessert. I want few ingredients, little to no elbow grease, and a big payoff at the end. The galette des rois delivers on all fronts. Often made for Three Kings’ Day at the beginning of January, there’s really no better time to make this dessert than whenever the heck you…
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9 Unexpected Ways to Use Your Cooling Rack
A wire rack is a pretty essential baking tool. Beyond cooling cookies, it’s indispensable when decorating. It allows the chocolate on a truffle to drip down and away, creating an evenly coated candy; and it holds your cakes and pastries off the counter while you dust them with powdered sugar or drizzle them with icing.…