Jars of various baking ingredients in a pantry. - Nedjelly/Getty Images When it comes to a baker's pantry, one ingredient you can always count on finding is vanilla extract, but that isn't the only ...

The most intriguing foods are the ones with flavors we can’t quite put our finger on, dishes with ingredients that dance on the tips of our tongues but remain a mystery. Until a few years ago, almond ...

Crostata, an Italian open-faced pie, is lavish and feast-worthy, but not the least bit fussy. The crust is buttery and the creamy almond filling, called frangipane, which bakes under sliced pears, ...

Pure, homemade extracts are easy to make and add better flavor to your cooking and baking. These simple instructions can be ...

The secret to your best-ever pound cake involves skipping a crucial step: preheating the oven before the cake goes in. Although preheating usually begins the baking process, heating the oven once the ...

The Norwegians like their almond paste. For our wedding years ago, I made two Kransekake cakes that stood on each side of our traditional wedding cake. Kransekake is a Norwegian cake made of almond ...

In the simplest terms, marzipan is a light-colored, ground almond confection with a texture similar to Play-Doh. It is made by grinding blanched almonds (or almond flour) with confectioners’ sugar.

If you are looking for a showstopper dessert to make for your Fourth of July celebrations try my easy Gluten-Free Firecracker Almond Bundt Cake. A layered red, white and blue almond pound cake that is ...

Vanilla? Yes, for over 100 years, a Chicago area family has been making pure vanilla. The Nielsen-Massey vanilla plant www.nielsenmassey.com was once located in Lincoln Park, but when the business ...