Hot Dessert Recipes Posts
How To: Bake chocolate brownies
Learn how to make chocolate fudge brownies.
How To: Make lyonnaise potatoes
This simple recipe for potatoes with onions and parsley is a quick and easy way of creating an original potato dish. Make lyonnaise potatoes.
How To: Make pie pastry dough
Making a pie pastry dough is a must have for any holiday season. It can be used for a multitude of desserts not limited to pie!
How To: Make an easy apple crumble
Allen Smith demonstrates his easy recipe for apple crumble.
How To: Make sugar cookies in cookie cutter shapes
An easy recipe and a fun cookie to make. Children love cutting and decorating these cookies for all any time during the year. It is especially fun for the holidays with all the different cookie cutters.
How To: Prepare some good ice cream recipes
In this video series, our expert will show you how to make a variety of ice cream recipes. Reminiscent of the ice cream shops of yore, our expert will show you how to make several sweet treats, including an ice cream malt, ice cream soda and ice cream sundaes.
How To: Make beignets (French doughnuts)
In this series of Louisiana cuisine videos, our expert Cajun chef demonstrates how to make your own delicious beignets. He begins by telling you the ingredients and showing you how to mix them.
How To: Make eggless chocolate cake
Many vegetarians and vegans often miss out on holiday cakes because they are made with eggs. Here is a wonderfully simple recipe for an eggless chocolate cake. Good for cholesterol watchers too!
How To: Make pedas
Pedas are very popular Indian sweets (mithai)and are often served during Diwali. Traditionally, it is made with milk that is cooked and cooked and cooked...till it thickens. It has a smooth and silky texture and it just melts in the mouth. Watch and learn how to make this simplified version that is just as tasty.
How To: Make sevia kesari
Sevia kesari, an Indian vermicelli dessert (aka Sukhi Sevia or Eid ki Sevia) is just as delicious as it is easy to make. It is a wonderful twist and healthy alternative to Suji ka Halwa, which uses a lot more ghee. Sevia is a traditional sweet dish prepared in celebration of Eid.
How To: Make kulfi
Hetal and Anuja show you how to make this super simple Indian dessert - Kulfi. A little like ice cream, Kulfi has it's own unique flavor. Try this make ahead recipe the next time you are having a party -- it's a crowd pleaser!
How To: Make coconut burfi
Coconut fan??...here is something for you -- A quick and easy fix for your craving - coconut burfi - an Indian dessert.
How To: Cook with a solar oven
Learn how to cook using solar ovens. See how to cook eggs, peach cobbler cake, rice and dishes the solarcookingnut makes on a typical day.
How To: Make sweet pongal
Chef Sanjay shows us how to make sweet pongal - a sweet rice and pongal dessert used for Indian festivals.
How To: Make pornam burelu
Pornam burelu is an Indian dessert and Chef Sanjay shows you how to make it in this video. It uses sweet dal (puran poli) to start - so if you don't have any, you'll need to make some.
How To: Make fruit custard
Chef Sanjay shows you how to make a really basic fruit custard and gives some good tips on how to keep your custard from getting lumps.
How To: Make Christmas fruit cake
Chef Sanjay shows you how to make a simple Christmas fruit cake.
How To: Make mango mousse
This Indian sweet mango mousse is made soft and fluffy , a sure hit with everyone!
How To: Make rasmalai
Chef Sanjay shows you how to make rasmalai - an Indian dessert made with cheese dumpling in cream syrup.
How To: Make banana dosai
Banana Dosai is an Indian pancake with banana and is another Indian festival food. It can be used as a dessert or an appetizer (we think it sounds perfect for breakfast!) and is actually very healthy.
How To: Make semiya paysam
Semiya paysam is a special occassion dessert made from vermicelli/semiya. Chef Sanjay shows you how to make this Indian dessert. If you've never made Indian sweets before, this is a great basic recipe to start with.
How To: Prepare chicken francaise
In this video series, our expert will show you how to make Chicken Francaise. You will get step-by-step instructions for tenderizing the meat, cutting the chicken and making the batter for the chicken. Learn tips for frying the chicken and creating the sauce from lemon juice, chicken broth, butter and flour.
How To: Make healthy oatmeal bars
Expert, Rachel Dayan, shows you how to make chocolate oatmeal bars. Part 1 of 16 - How to Make healthy oatmeal bars.
How To: Make fudge brownies
Our expert, Lizbeth Muller, shows you everything you need to know to make this mouthwatering dessert.
How To: Make spritz cookies
In this video series, our expert will teach you how to make a delicious spritz cookie recipe. You will learn each easy to follow step for mixing the dry and wet ingredients, adding sugar and butter and coloring the cookie dough. Get tips for using and filling a cookie press, as well as advice on decorating and baking this easy cookie recipe.
How To: Make yule log cookies
In this video series, our expert will take another look at the traditional yule log cake, and make yule log cookies. Learn how to cream the butter, add the sugar, flour and wet ingredients for the Yule Log cookie dough.
How To: Make red velvet cake
Get tips from our expert, Jennifer Cail on mixing in each of the ingredients, baking red velvet cake, and making the frosting for this dessert. Finally, learn how to frost each layer of this red velvet cake with expert tips in this free video recipe.
How To: Make eggnog ice cream
In this video series, our expert will show you how to make eggnog ice cream. This fun variation of a holiday classic drink recipe is a great dessert for any holiday dinner party.
How To: Bake a gingerbread house
In this video series, our expert will show you how to make and decorate a gingerbread house. This fun Christmas or winter time activity allows the whole family to get involved in making dessert. Learn each easy to follow step for rolling out the gingerbread dough, cutting the shapes for a gingerbread house and gingerbread trees, and baking the gingerbread.
How To: Ingredients for Apple Cider Recipe
Expert Brandon Sarkis demonstrates this classic holiday hot drink recipe in easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions. You'll learn what ingredients and supplies you need to make the cider, how to combine the ingredients, including a lemon zest, and how to strain and serve the perfect mug of hot apple cider.
How To: Work with frozen puff pastry
When you need pastry or pie dough in a hurry, frozen puff pastry is the king of supermarket convenience foods. It's incredibly versatile and can be used to make a huge array of hors d'oeuvre, main courses, and desserts. Frequent Fine Cooking contributor and cooking teacher Jessica Bard demonstrates some tricks for getting the best results when working with frozen puff pastry. Work with frozen puff pastry.
How To: Make sponge cake with phyllo dough
In these dessert pastry baking videos, learn how to make a sweet nut sponge cake recipe with filo dough. Our expert will walk you through this unique cake, with tips for rolling and folding the dough, mixing egg whites, making a frosting, and adding layers to the cake.
How To: Make flower and bear shaped cookies
In this video series, Rachel Dayan teaches you how to make flower and bear shaped cookies. Rachel shows you all the steps: ingredients, shaping the dough, and decorating.
How To: Make chocolate crackle cookies
In this video series, learn how to make chocolate crackle cookies. This dessert is perfect for the holidays. Our expert, Kip Bradford , shows you everything you need to know to make chocolate crackle cookies.
How To: Make savory puffs and eclairs
Julia Child demonstrates how to make savory puffs and éclairs, with savory fillings. They make ideal hors d'oeuvre. Make savory puffs and eclairs.
How To: Make khubani ka meetha (apricot dessert)
This traditional dessert from India is always served cold. Made with dried apricots, sugar and cornflour, khubani ka meetha is a great way to finish off any meal.
How To: Make many types of biscotti
In this episode, Chef Malgieri demonstrates how to prepare many types of delicious Italian biscotti. These pastries are made with cornmeal and lemon zest. Make many types of biscotti.
How To: Make hazelnut biscotti
Chef Alice Medrich, 'queen of desserts,' makes crunchy hazelnut biscotti. Biscotti is a traditional Italian cookie served with tea and coffee. Make hazelnut biscotti.
How To: Bake oatmeal cookies
Watch this instructional video to learn how to make oatmeal cookies. All you need is oatmeal and water and the ability to bake. You are now on your way to making sugarless cookies.
How To: Make chocolate genoise cake
Chef Alice Medrich demonstrates how to make chocolate genoise cake - a light, fluffy, egg based cake. The cake is made with cocoa and triple sifting to help it from deflating and gathering flour balls. Make chocolate genoise cake.