confectionery
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Make This Lazy Dulce De Leche Toast in Three Minutes
Toast makes a surprisingly chic sweet snack, especially if you’re smearing it with frangipane (aka bostock), or brownie batter. I’m always looking for my next toast to dazzle and delight, but I fear I may have discovered the peak of it all. Today, I bring you lazy dulce de leche toast, and it’s the best toast I’ve…
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How to Candy Nuts Without Burning Yourself Even Once
You don’t have to risk life and limb messing with molten caramel to make delicious, candied nuts. There is a much quicker way to conduct this sweet business, and it doesn’t involve candy thermometers, silicon mats, or burn cream. These candied nuts are so simple, tasty, and pretty, that making them would be a great…
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You Should Air Fry Your Peaches
I could eat a peach for hours, especially a juicy, fully-ripe, in-season peach. But such luscious delights are increasingly hard to come by, even in the summer months. “Just ok” peaches are much more common, and they have their uses: A little sugar, a little butter, a little heat, and you can transform a not-quite-perfect…
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Make Rounder, Prettier Truffles With a Melon Baller
Chocolate truffles are the cheeseball of the dessert world: high-impact, low-effort, and they never fail to please a crowd. All you need to make them is high-quality chocolate, some sort of dairy, and a tasty dust, chopped nut, or sprinkle to roll them in. You can shape the ganache with your hands for a rustic,…