holiday baking Archives – Cooking Clarified

White Chocolate Almond Bark Bites

I have a thing for simple. I lovelovelove recipes that take mere minutes to put together but give your family or guests (or whoever you’re feeding) the impression you spent hours in the kitchen. Who […]

Molasses Spice Cookies with White Chocolate

Molasses Spice Cookies | Holiday Cookie Swap

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the kitchen I’m baking the cookies, wishing someone would pitch in. Molasses and white chocolate made better with spice for Santa, his reindeer and everyone nice. My […]

Holiday Baking Tips

Belgian Christmas Cookies — Christmas Cookies from Around the World

We’ve teamed up with our friends at KidCulture.wordpress.com to bring you Christmas cookies from around the world! I’ll share the recipes and you can learn more about how these cookies came to be holiday favorites […]

Blind Bake

Blind baking is cooking a pie crust before adding a filling. Blind bake if your filling either doesn’t require cooking or if your filling will cook faster than your crust. Blind baking prevents crusts from […]