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Have you ever experienced making a trusted chocolate cookie or cake recipe that somehow tasted different? Despite having made it the exact same way, several times before. Did you by any chance switch out cocoa powders? If so, that will…
There are only a few food products that truly make it to worldwide stardom, and Oreo cookies are one of them. You can buy them in so many places around the world, it’s pretty incredible. Why they’re so popular? I…
A good chocolate mousse is smooth, airy, chocolatey, and melts in your mouth. It definitely isn’t gritty, watery, dense, or even clumpy. Making chocolate mousse is all about creating that light foamy texture, without having it collapse on you. And…
After carefully mixing milk, cocoa powder, and maybe some sugar, you’ve just made your perfect chocolate. And then, you got distracted, and let it sit for a while. If you waited too long. Chances are you had to stir it…
Is there a food you can’t go without? The one that you take with you on every vacation? If you’re Dutch, born and raised in the Netherlands, that one food might well be chocolate sprinkles. We Dutch don’t just use…
Some recipes are super flexible. Add a little more butter or flour to these chocolate cookies, and they’ll still look and taste great. And a little more or less butter to your brownie and it will slightly change in texture,…
Peanut butter cookies, peanut butter brownies, peanut butter ice cream, chocolate filled with peanut butter, dip your vegetables or fruit in peanut butter. If you’re in the USA especially, you won’t even think it’s strange that peanut butter is added…
Sometimes, I just want to share a recipe. No extensive science, just the food, just to make sure I store the recipe somewhere so I can make it again (I have a tendency to lose recipes I find online, for…
Colour is so important in food. A colour can make or break a food (or drink for that matter). But it also gives you a cue as to what flavours to expect. Research has shown repeatedly that the colour of…
One of my favorite sweets to bake must be brownies. Reason? They’re super simple to make and just about everybody likes them. Also, it’s easy to vary the recipe: what about walnut brownie, almond brownie or raspberry brownie? I’ve made…