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Fry an Egg in a Ring of Mashed Potatoes
By some curious twist of fate, I ended up with two orders of mashed potatoes from Popeyes last night. Maybe God was casting blessings upon me (She works in mysterious ways), or maybe they charged me for a large and used two small containers because they ran out of packaging. I don’t know. It doesn’t…
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Make This Casual, No-Bake Slab of Cheesecake
Cheesecake is great. Cheesecake that sets without you needing to use the oven is, frankly, fantastic. This no-bake cheesecake is built in a slab style, which takes away some of the drama of the tall, circular variety, and replaces it with a welcoming, casual vibe. A wide, square baking dish makes spreading the thick, fluffy…
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The Real Trick to Making a Silky-Smooth Cheesecake Filling
Besides the water bath, the notorious cracking, a long bake time, and an unimaginably long cooling time, cheesecake has only one bother: chunks of unblended cream cheese. Cakes and quick breads that are made with flour are often OK if there are small lumps of unblended ingredients — it usually shakes out in the oven.…
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Make Your Next Cheesecake in an Air Fryer
Cheesecake is the kind of dessert that requires you to fully commit well before you flick on the oven. It takes a lot of time, specific tools, and an unholy amount of cream cheese. Providing everything goes right, removing a sloshing tray of 180-degree water along with a three-pound cheesecake is rarely a pretty sight.…