Hot Dessert Recipes How-Tos

How To: Make chocolate dipped mini pretzel sticks

Watch this how to video to learn how to make chocolate dipped mini pretzel sticks. Dip pretzels in white or dark chocolate, or add a professional touch to your treats by placing a contrasting color of melted chocolate in a parchment bag with a tight point. Cut a small hole at the end. Stripe dipped pretzels with the chocolate in the parchment bag. Stripe with additional color if desired.

How To: Make peach pie

Peaches are a favorite summertime treat, and there is nothing better than a slice of delicious peach pie after dinner. And if you put a a little ice cream next to it, it doesn't get much better than that! Here's Chef Maxwell to show us all how to make the perfect peach pie.

How To: Make pear ginger upside-down cake

Before you start this recipe, make sure you have the proper pan: You'll need a 9- or 10-inch cake pan with sides that are at least 2 inches tall. (Most standard 9-inch cake pans have 1-inch sides, which will leave you with overflowing batter.) If you strike out in the cake pan department, an ovenproof skillet with similar dimensions will work. This cake is so fabulous, I would strongly consider buying a 9 by 2-inch cake pan especially for this recipe. It's surprisingly easy to make, and as a ...

How To: Make chocolate lava cake

The dessert for this particular event was to be individual chocolate cakes, but someone took them out of the ovens to soon and the centers where not cooked enough and still liquefied. Well, there was no time to take them off the plates and cook them more, so the Chef simply had his wait staff introduce the dessert as Chocolate “Lava” Cake! Brilliant!

How To: Make key lime pie from scratch

Chef John and his mother show us how to make her key lime pie.Here is the recipe:it will make enough for two pie crusts. You need salt, flour,shortening,ice water.The filling requires 3 eggs,3 limes, sweetened condensed milk, green food coloring whipped cream, and lime zest.