Original and Collected Recipes
Original and Collected Recipes
Egg Custard - Pressure Cooker Had a craving for egg custard and just did not want to wait for the traditional method of 325˚ for an hour in a water bath. Played around with using the pressure...
Phyllo Custard Pie Super easy and fun for all. A twist on Greek Custard Pie. 10-12 phyllo sheets6 tbsp unsalted butter (melted and cooled)1½ cups whole milk3 large eggs½ cup sugar1 tsp vanilla...
Smith Island Cake From America's Test Kitchen: Smith Island, Maryland, may be a small place, but it boasts a cake with a reputation so grand, it recently became the official state dessert. With...
Brian's Sweet Cornbread Think Boston Market Cornbread but better! I have a sweet tooth and after many tweaking attempts, I have found this to be perfect for me. It's a little sweeter than any...
(creme anglaise, vanilla custard sauce, bread pudding sauce, or vanilla cream sauce) Classic Vanilla Sauce Also called Creme anglaise, Vanilla Custard Sauce, Bread Pudding Sauce, or Vanilla Cream...
Brian’s Crème Brûlée Bread Pudding My award-winning Crème Brûlée in pudding form. Simply pour the crème brûlée mix over day-old brioche, challah, Pepperidge Farm Hearty White, or potato...
Brian's English Toffee My favorite confection. I have made small changes over the years to create an equal balance of toffee to chocolate, which means a 1-to-1 ratio here. It's a very simple...
Rice Cooker Rice Pudding This 4 Ingredient Rice Cooker Rice Pudding Recipe is the easiest version of rice pudding that I’ve seen. It takes very little work and tastes fabulous. ⅔ c rice long...
Shortcake A family favorite. Especially good with homemade vanilla ice cream and sugared strawberries. Bisquick - 2 1/3 cupsMilk - 1/2 cupButter (Melted - 3 tbspSuger - 3 tbsp) Mix all...
Oatmeal Lace Cookies Light and delicate, this easy oatmeal cookie recipe makes an elegant holiday dessert from the most humble of ingredients. Using light brown sugar in the Oatmeal Lace Cookies...
Brian's Pecan Pie What would the best pecan pie recipe look like? Pecan pies can be overwhelmingly sweet, with no real pecan flavor. And they too often turn out curdled and separated. What’s more,...
Pumpkin Cheesecake We discovered a few keys to the perfect pumpkin cheesecake recipe: For a smooth and creamy texture, we blotted the canned pumpkin puree with paper towels to remove excess moisture...
Liege Belgian Waffles with Pearl Sugar These are sweeter than traditional Brussels Belgian waffles - a sweeter waffle that can be served for breakfast or dessert. Serve waffles warm or cooled with...
Magic Chocolate Flan Cake This hybrid dessert has a layer of chocolate cake and a layer of caramel-coated flan that “magically” switch places as they bake. For ease, we started with a simple...
Marshmallows To make homemade marshmallows, we heat a mixture of water, sugar, and corn syrup and beat it with unflavored gelatin until the mixture transforms from a translucent liquid into a white,...
Millionaire's Shortbread Millionaire’s shortbread has a lot going for it: a crunchy shortbread base; a chewy, caramel-like filling; and a shiny, snappy chocolate top. The only thing that could...
Classic Trifle We wanted our recipe for classic trifle to produce a dessert with a delicate and creamy texture, never heavy or wet, the flavor a subtle balance of tart fruit, slightly astringent...
Chocolate Chip Cookies Our perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe had to produce a cookie that would be moist and chewy on the inside and crisp at the edges, with deep notes of toffee and butterscotch...
Chocolate Fudge We were after a creamy, rich, ultrachocolaty fudge that didn't take hours or an arm workout to put together. Cooking a brown sugar syrup to a temperature between 234 and 238 degrees...
Chocolate-Toffee Bark For a sweet treat that’s great for gifts, we make a buttery, nutty layer of toffee, let it harden, and then coat both sides with chocolate. A greased aluminum foil sling is...
Cinnamon Rolls The first time I made these rolls, it was over. These are the best I've ever had. * Dough *4 cups all-purpose flour1/2 cup granulated sugar3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt1/3 cup...
Classic Crème Caramel For our crème caramel recipe, we wanted a custard that was creamy and tender enough to melt in our mouths, yet firm enough to unmold without collapsing on the serving plate....
Colin's Chocolate Chip Cookies This kid has figured out the absolute BEST way to make chocolate chip cookies. Once he made them for us, none of us ever made chocolate chip cookies again and we have...
Deep-Dish Apple Pie Precooking the apples allowed us to cram twice as many apples in our deep-dish apple pie recipe than in our standard pie. Why didn’t they fall apart when precooked and then...
French Apple Tart A classic French apple tart is little more than apples and pastry, but such simplicity means that imperfections like tough or mushy apples, unbalanced flavor, and sodden crust are...
Fresh Apple Cake Jan Foster's famous Apple Cake. 1 cup oil2 cups sugar3 large eggs3 cups flour1 tsp. baking soda1 tsp. salt1 cup chopped nuts1 cup golden raisins (optional I sometime use the...
Frozen Mudslide 1 cup ice3 cups chocolate ice cream2 (1.5 fluid ounce jiggers vodka2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers Kahlua2 (1.5 fluid ounce) jiggers Baileys Irish Cream liqueur)Chocolate syrup to...
Galktoboureko - Greek Custard Dessert There are some advantages in living in the largest Greek community in the US. This is one of them! 1 cup fine semolina i.e. Cream of Wheat1 1/2 cups sugar 5...
Gâteau Breton with Apricot Filling Making a traditional gâteau Breton with a dense yet tender crumb calls for mixing a thick batter made primarily of butter, sugar, egg yolks, and flour, which is...
Brian’s Carrot Cake Best with whiskey-butter sauce drizzled before frosting the cake. Still excellent without the booze. 2 large eggs (lightly beaten1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple, undrained1...
Brian’s Cheesecake Made a ton of tweaking over the years to arrive at this easy and perfect cheesecake, every time. Crust:12 whole graham cracker rectangles (6 ouncesOR 2 CUPS CRUSHED SHORTBREAD...
Brian’s Crème Brûlée My award winning Crème Brûlée. I have also been known to pour this over brioche in a casserole dish to make Crème Brûlée French Toast. I also have used it as the base...
Cherry Kuchen Bars Looking for a sweet way to celebrate German culture with your gang? Bake up a batch of our Cherry Kuchen Bars! These German-inspired dessert bars will have everyone going back for...
5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world?Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from a chocolate cake at any time of the day or night! 4...
Anise Cookies - Betty Berry One of Grandma Doc's favorites. 6 eggsAd lb gran. sugar1 b all purp flourAnise oil to taste Stir by hand one hour, or 1/2 hour with electricmixer at med. speed.Add anise...
Bee Sting Cake This dessert is sure to create a lot of "buzz" with your gang! Our German Bee Sting cake is based on the traditional German "Bienenstich," which is basically a honey-glazed cake with...
Black Forest Cake Off-the-shelf all-American ingredients like devil's food cake mix and cherry pie filling are your passport to our version of this German classic Black Forest Cake recipe. It's a...
Easy Apple Strudel 1 sheet (from a 17.25-ounce package frozen puff pastry, thawed)1/3 cup sugar2 teaspoons ground cinnamon3 Granny Smith Apples (peeled cored & sliced)1/3 cup raisins1 egg...
B-52 Cake It’s bombs away with this spirited cake, a riff on the popular drink of layered liqueurs. The cake features layers of brownie, light Bailey’s mousse, and Grand Marnier gelatin. 1 Basic...
Very Berry Crumble Bars Economical and easy to make berry bars. Kids love them. You can use any variety of berries that you like; we used raspberries in this recipe. 1 pkg. yellow cake mix2 cups...
Apple Strudel Apple Strudel is a classic sweet treat that's true perfection at any time of day. It can be enjoyed for breakfast, brunch, tea time or dessert. Buttery puff pastry filled with apples,...
