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Want to improve your shortbread cookies? Once you know the role of the ingredients, you'll be good to go!

Make ice cream with just two ingredients? Yes, it's possible and we explain how and why it works.

All you need to make apple cider from apple juice is a good quality juice and some cider yeast. We share the steps and explain what happens when making cider (e.g. fermentation and carbonation).

Adding a water roux to your donut dough will help to make light and fluffy donuts! Making a water roux is simple: just heat flour and water until a thick paste has formed.

What do honeycomb, marshmallows and kurma have in common? They start out as a sugar syrup. Cooking your syrup well will give you a range of fascinating types of textures for different candies!

Exploring the science of honeycomb candy, with instructions on how it's made and why it's made that way!

What happens when you cook potatoes? The science basics + three ways to prepare the potatoes (+some science to explain it all).

The origin of potato starch and three ways to use it when baking: cookies, brownies & cupcakes. + Science to understand how potato starch works.

A quick run through of the science and steps involved to make vanilla extract.