Flour

Test Kitchen video tip: Choosing a bread wash

2013-02-05 07:00:00

Bread recipes often call for some sort of "wash" or glaze before baking, sometimes egg, sometimes milk. Even butter. Different washes are used to achieve different results: - Brushing with beaten whole eggs will give color and sheen to a bread. Egg yolk...

Recipe: Gluten-free wedding cakes

2012-12-15 00:00:00

The real gift is, if you have anyone in your extended circle who wants or needs to be wheat- or gluten-free, you will be giving them a way to once again enjoy something that they thought would be permanently off-limits! — Lida Frankel, Porter Ranch...

Holiday cookie recipe: Cranberry thumbprints

2012-12-05 08:00:00

Kim Gerber of Calabasas was one of the 10 winners of last year's Los Angeles Times Holiday Cookie Bake-Off with her cranberry thumbprints: "As a children's nutrition advocate, I'm always looking for ways to make the food our children eat more healthful....

Culinary SOS: Veggie burgers from North Peak Brewing Co.

2012-01-12 00:00:00

Dear SOS: My family and I just got back from a trip to Traverse City, Mich., where I had the absolute best veggie burger I've ever had. Is there any way you could coax North Peak Brewery Co. to give up its recipe for its Black Bean and Portobello Mushroom...

Culinary SOS: Highland Bakery's sweet potato pancakes with brown sugar butter sauce

2012-05-05 00:00:00

Dear SOS: I was recently in Atlanta visiting a friend. She took me to Highland Bakery, where I had the most delicious sweet potato pancakes. Can you please try to get the recipe? Thank you so much. Stacy Wawerchak Redondo Beach Dear Stacy: Fresh off...

Test Kitchen tip: Grain mill

2012-05-14 16:33:42

Southeast Asian sweets add variety to life

2012-03-31 12:18:00

Fresh mango glistening the brilliant orange of a late-summer sun, glutinous rice balls glowing a radiant pandan green, tender taro cakes blooming the same piercing purple as a field of lilacs. Bhan Kanom Thai is a rainbow rush of colors. The Hollywood...

Test Kitchen tips: Flour substitutions

2011-12-10 16:33:02

Holiday cookies: Gingerbread macarons

2011-12-22 16:33:18

Muhallebi (ground rice pudding)

2011-08-25 00:00:00

Muhallebi (ground rice pudding) Total time: 35 minutes, plus cooling time Servings: 4 Note: Based on T�r�b� Efendi's recipe dated 1864. Orange flower water is available at select well-stocked and gourmet markets, as well as cooking supply stores and...

Recipe: Honey challah

2011-09-22 00:00:00

Honey challah Total time: 1� hours, plus rising and cooling times Servings: Makes 1 large challah (at least 15 servings) 1 tablespoon coriander seeds 1 tablespoon fennel seeds 6 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, divided, more as needed 1 cup...

Culinary SOS: Apple butter cake from Huckleberry Bakery & Cafe

2012-01-05 00:00:00

Helen A. Clemsen of Lutherville submitted this no-muss, no-fuss classic with a twist. She said her family loves how the flavor of the almonds, as well as the English toffee bits, came through. Our testers agreed. Makes: 6 dozen 1/2 cup butter, softened (no substitutions) 1/2 cup sugar

2012-11-28 00:00:00

Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies Note: These oatmeal chocolate chip cookies have the familiar flavors of brown sugar and chocolate, but get a sophisticated twist from tahini (sesame paste). Tahini helps to lower the saturated fat while adding a nutty flavor.

2011-11-09 10:51:49

Noodles and pancakes made with rice flour are the specialty at Ngu Binh.

2010-03-16 14:59:01