Category Archives: Others

Homemade Yogurt

Photo by alana_chernila Makes 4 to 5 cups Author Notes A recipe for homemade yogurt in a yogurt maker. —alana_chernila Test Kitchen-Approved Ingredients 4 to 5 cups (depending on your yogurt maker) cups milk (any fat level, as long as it’s not ultra pasteurized) 1/2 cup plain yogurt Directions Heat 4 to 5 cups milk

Pecan Squares

You know, most people would look at a recipe that required more than a box of brown sugar, more than a teddy bear full of honey, two pounds of pecans and nine sticks of butter and say, oh hell no. Ina Garten is clearly trying to kill us. And while I thought that to myself

Spiced Maple-Glazed Pecans

Ingredients 1 pound unsalted pecans 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 4 tablespoons pure maple syrup 1 tablespoon light-brown sugar 1 teaspoon fresh chopped thyme 1 teaspoon coarse salt 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place all ingredients in a large bowl and toss to combine. Spread nut mixture in

White Bean Dip with Toasted Baguette

Serves several snackers Author Notes This was our Super Bowl dip instead of the Mexican seven layer dip. Ooops, my dip only has six layers… —nannydeb Ingredients 1 15 ounce can cannellini beans 1 clove garlic 1-2 anchovy filets 2 tablespoons basil oil or pesto 1/2 cup roasted tomatoes, chopped (I roasted roma tomatoes in

The Baked Brownie, Spiced Up

If you’ve made as many brownies as I have in my life–and that’s a lot. I mean A LOT. Just ask my hips.–you come to realize a couple things: There are no bad from-scratch brownies.* Seriously, not even the batch that I forgot to add the flour to when I was in middle school, that