Hot Dessert Recipes How-Tos
How To: Make royal icing
This is a video recipe for royal icing. To keep your gingerbread house from collapsing, plain old icing won't do – you need royal icing! It's also great for decorating cakes and cookies. Learn how to make royal icing with this guide from Howcast.
How To: Bake Meringue Cookies
Find out how to get crisp meringues every time. Meringue cookies are mostly sugar and egg whites. They are a classic French cookie often paired with tea or coffee, and are hard to get right if you're not familiar with making them.
How To: Bake a flaky pie crust
Here's the secret to making a perfect pie crust for your holiday desserts. You can fill this crust with all sorts of fruits, nuts and filling. This recipes requires a pastry blender and uses shortening. Water varied based on the humidity of the kitchen.
How To: Make Hello Dolly dessert bars
Sprinkle chocolate chips, butterscotch morsels, coconut, and pecans over graham cracker mixture to make delicious bars. These delicious dessert bars will melt in your mouth. Plus they are packed with nuts and coconut that provides essential nutrients to your diet.
How To: Caramelize sugar to make caramel
Cooking Light food editors show you what to do -- and what not to do -- to create the perfect caramel. There are certain do's and don'ts to making caramel. It involves sensitive heat and making sure not to burn the sugar.
How To: Make whipped cream
Homemade whipped cream is the perfect topping for holiday desserts. Use these tips to get perfect results every time. Whipping cream is generally made from heavy cream. It takes patience and attention. If you beat it too much you'll get something closer to butter than light and fluffy dessert cream.
How To: Make homemade candy bars
Corner-store sweets go high-end in time for Halloween. Make homemade candy bars for an extra special Halloween treat. This is a very easy recipe, surprising as candymaking is a difficult and sensitive project. This is a quick overview of the steps in making candy bars at home.
How To: Temper chocolate
Get the perfect gloss and snap. This is one of the hardest skills in baking or cooking. Gourmet chefs pride themselves on the skill to perfectly temper chocolate. Learn the skill now and make divine desserts for the rest of your life. Thanks to CHOW for a simple and thorough tutorial. Tempering chocolate is when you heat it up and melt it without burning the chocolate. It takes patience.
How To: Make pie crust
Tender, perfect pie crust that's simple to make. This is a 3-2-1 dough. Three parts flour, two parts butter. Combine the two using a rubbing method. Form a well in the middle where you add the 4 tablespoons of water. Refrigerate the disk for 30 minutes. Soon, a delicious pie crust.
How To: Assemble a spiked apple galette
A galette is part tart, part pie, and all delicious. This assembly video shows you how to make the dough into galettes. Spread the apple filling into the dough. The rustic look is an important element of the galette. Place in oven for 45 minutes until the apples are slightly soft.
How To: Make black forest trifle
Learn how to make some casual, traditional, and unique dishes with tutorial help from myrecipes.com. In this video recipe, learn how to make black forest trifle for kids and the whole family. This is an awesome dessert for anyone. Chocolate cake, chocolate pudding, and dark cherries make up this easy, make-ahead dessert. And since it's low-sugar, it works with a diabetic meal plan.
How To: Bake Bailey's cheesecake
Bailey's in a cheesecake? Incredible. Genius. Inspired. And Rebecca's technique makes this cheesecake lighter than most. Watch this video recipe to learn how to make Bailey's cheesecake.
How to Make British Food: Yorkshire Pudding
Elaine Lemm demonstrates how to make the traditional British dish, yorkshire pudding. This video recipe goes through all the necessary steps for preparing yorkshire pudding.
How To: Make sweet potato (Japanese sweet potato dessert)
Stay tuned for the always enjoyable Cooking With Dog. This cooking show is hosted by a DOG named Francis! The show currently focuses on how to make popular Japanese dishes. This video demonstrates how to make Sweet Potato (Dessert Made from Sweet Potatoes), a Japanese dessert.
How To: Make Japanese Ichigo Daifuku (strawberry Daifuku)
Stay tuned for the always enjoyable Cooking With Dog. This cooking show is hosted by a DOG named Francis! The show currently focuses on how to make popular Japanese dishes. Learn how to prepare Japanese Ichigo Daifuku, aka strawberry Daifuku. This is a Japanese dessert.
How To: Make meals from the Great Depression: Fig cookies
Clara's Great Depression Holiday Special! Recipe:
How To: Make lollipops at home
Crafting these sugary treats is a snap. Learn how to make your own lollipops at home. You Will Need
How To: Make homemade marshmallows
S’mores are elevated to art when made with homemade marshmallows. Easy, fun, and just plain cheerful, these are also the perfect summer gift. Learn how to make your own marshmallows at home with this marshmallow recipe video.
How To: Bake Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies
Follow these easy step-by-step instructions to make The Original Nestlé Toll House chocolate chip cookies. This is the original chocolate chip cookie recipe, straight form chocolate chip cookie inventor Ruth Wakefield. This is the recipe from the bag that makes the best CCCs in the world! Ingredients are listed below the video.
How To: Make red velvet cake
Bake a red velvet cake whenever you want to serve a dessert that’s as beautiful as it is delicious. You Will Need:
How To: Make almond dessert topping with Molecular Gastronomy
Discover how Almond Oil can be combined with Maltodextrin to become a crunchy, melty, delicious desert topping. Then combine it with gelato and spun sugar. What more could you want out of desert? This is a lesson in Molecular Gastronomy. Learn how to make gelato with an almond crunch and spun sugar.
How To: Make Indian dish Bengali Rasgullas
This video tutorial on how to make Bengali Rasgullas is in two parts. Be sure to click on Chapter Two for the second part. Rasgullas are basically paneer balls soaked in sugar syrup. It is very difficult to make round soft spongy white Bengali Rasgullas at home. Please follow these steps carefully and you will enjoy the experience. After a lot of hard work, trials and patience I made Bengali Rasgullas successfully. This is a delicious, sweet dessert dish.
How To: Make fortune cookies with personailzed messages
Making homemade fortune cookies is a snap, and your loved ones will get a kick out of their personalized predictions. Learn how to make fortune cookies with personalized messages. You will need:
How To: Make chocolate covered strawberries
What’s a more sensual dessert than chocolate-covered strawberries? Learn how to make chocolate covered strawberries for your next date.
How To: Make no-bake chocolate cookies for the holidays
You don’t even have to turn on the oven to make these delicious—and super-easy—chocolate treats. You will need:
How To: Make grapefruit sorbet
This light, refreshing, low-sugar dessert is perfect for everyday or entertaining. Best of all, it has only four ingredients and 25 calories! Start by making the simple syrup. Add water to a sauce pan and sugar substitute. Then add orange rind strips to flavor the syrup. Reduce heat and simmer. Strain the orange rind pieces. Allow the syrup to cool completely. Stir in fresh grapefruit juice. Next stir in fresh lemon juice. Transfer the mixture to a baking pan and then freeze. Break the mixtur...
How To: Make a holiday ice cream sandwich dessert
This crunchy, creamy, frosty recipe is ideal for kids. And since it's low in sugar and low-calorie, it works with a diabetic meal plan. This dish is a crowd pleaser and perfect for your holiday menu. Makes a great dessert for Christmas dinner.
How To: Make easy slice and bake cookies for the holidays
Use this technique to cut cookie dough into slices, using dental floss or a very sharp knife. You must already have dough made for this video. This technique is useful for those holiday sugar cookies. Nothing yummier than Christmas cookies!
How To: Assemble graham cracker gingerbread houses
Learn to make beautiful gingerbread houses with graham crackers. Graham cracker gingerbread houses are quicker to make than actual gingerbread houses. This is a fun and easy project to do with the kids. All you need are graham crackers and royal icing. Watch this how to video to learn how to securely assemble a Christmas graham cracker gingerbread house with royal icing.
How To: Make a holiday chocolate ganache frosting
See how easy it is to make a creamy chocolate ganache! Chocolate ganache is one of the easiest frostings to make and it only has 3 ingredients! Cream, chocolate and butter. Combine cream & chocolate, and microwave. Whisk your heated mixture, and add butter. Voila! You now have a delicious holiday chocolate ganache frosting for your Christmas cake. Southern Living brings you this easy holiday recipe.
How To: Make molten chocolate cake
Ever wondered how could you make a molten chocolate cake? You'll love it!!! The molten chocolate cake is fairly simple to make and makes a delicious Valentine's Day dessert. All you need is 20 minutes prep time. Top your molten chocolate cake with fresh cream, whipped cream or ice cream.
How To: Make sugar cookies
A good sugar cookie is sweet, crisp, and delicious. This is a good sugar cookie recipe. You will need:
How To: Make French Creme Brulee
Crème Brulée is a classic French dessert. Watch this video to learn how to make a delicious Crème Brulée.
How To: Cook Czech plum cakes
Plum cake is a traditional Czech dessert. Follow along with this cooking how-to video to learn how to make a plum cake from scratch. Watch these two Czech girls as they show you how to prepare it. The ingredients you need for the cake are: butter, salt, milk, yeast, egg yolks, sugar, plums, and flour. Don't forget to glaze the baked bread with melted butter.
How To: Make Indian nan khatai (biscuits) with Manjula
Craving some authentic Indian food? Then follow along with this cooking how-to video as Manjula shows you how to cook Indian style eggless biscuits. A more common name for this bread dish is nan khatai. Nan khatai are easy to make, light and crunchy. Serve with a cup of tea. Make some Indian style biscuits for dinner.
How To: Bake a spicy cinnamon cake with Paula Deen
Even the most finicky of breakfast eaters will enjoy Paula Deen's recipe. Follow along with this cooking how-to video to learn how to bake a spicy cinnamon cake. Serve the cinnamon cake for breakfast with a cup of coffee, or after dinner with a cup of tea.
How To: Make Indian style boondi ladoo with Manjula
Craving authentic Indian food? Then tune into this Indian cooking how-to video with Manjula. Follow along with this video lesson as Manjula shows you how to make boondi or bundi ladoo. Boondi or bundi ladoo is a snack time dessert served in most Indian homes. Make some for your home tonight.
How To: Make Indian besan ladoo with Manjula
Craving authentic Indian food? Then tune into this cooking how-to video with Manjula. Follow along with this Indian cooking video lesson as Manjula shows you how to make besan ladoo. Besan ladoo are traditionally served as cookies in Indian households. Try making these cookies at home.
How To: Make blueberry buckle with Alton Brown
Alton Brown serves a blueberry buckle that's perfect for a tasty breakfast. Follow along in this cooking how to video to learn how to make this sweet treat. You can serve up the warm blueberry buckle with a cup of coffee or milk.
How To: Make banana French toast with Paula Deen
Try Paula's Home Cooking recipe for rich banana French toast. Everyone will love this fruity twist on the classic French toast recipe. This cooking how-to video is part of Paula's Home Cooking show hosted by Jamie Deen, Paula Deen. Paula Deen, owner of Lady and Sons, a famous Savannah restaurant, is Food Network's resident southern chef. Step inside her kitchen and discover delicious food that's both uncomplicated and comforting. For example this recipe for banana French toast.