Baking Building Blocks
There are days when you need all the shortcuts, but the wonderful thing about baking, is that you can make those shortcuts happen. If you make any of these baking building blocks, you’re 2 steps ahead of the game. And if you have a freezer full of a couple of these, you can literally bake something in a few minutes on a hectic day. Find make ahead components, and basic baking recipes you can add to any number of other recipes, or mix and match with each other. Think of these recipes as a gift to your future self. The vegan caramel sauce alone could be added to everything from cookies to ice cream to cake, to candy, or save yourself Starbucks prices and make a better caramel macchiato at home!
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Maple Whiskey Blueberry Jam Recipe: Cozy Flavor in a Jar
You’ll love this maple whiskey blueberry jam recipe filled with easy to find frozen blueberries,…
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Sugared Cranberries Are The Easiest Fancy Garnish
Make sugared cranberries to top your next holiday dessert and you’ll be left with little…
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Easy Candied Orange Slices: The Prettiest Garnish For Your Bakes
Candied orange slices are one of the prettiest garnishes you can pop on top of…
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Homemade Vanilla Sugar: Easy Added Flavor in 5 Minutes
You’ll love this homemade vanilla sugar, made with just sugar and vanilla beans (Affiliate) to…
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Quick Poppy Seed Filling: 10 Minutes To An Old World Favorite
This quick poppy seed filling is a 10 minute recipe filled with crunchy poppy seeds…
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Whole Wheat Butter Cookies: A Recipe to Know By Heart
These whole wheat butter cookies have a delicate crisp to them from soft wheat, they’re…
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Sturdy Royal Icing For Gingerbread Houses
This sturdy royal icing is made from meringue powder (Affiliate) , powdered sugar, and just…
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How To Render Lard: Old-Fashioned Better Fat
Today I’m going to show you how to render lard. Taste Texture Neutral fat Silky…
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Thick Ganache For Cookies: Easy Way to Add Chocolate To Any Cookie
This thick ganache is the perfect spoonable frosting for cookies when you just want to…
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5 Minute Homemade Hot Honey
You’ll love this homemade hot honey with completely customizable spice levels and a variety of…
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The Best Whipped Cream Frosting Has A Secret
You will love this simple whipped cream frosting: it has just a touch of sugar…
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The Best Homemade Cherry Pie Filling
The best homemade cherry pie filling combines both sweet and sour cherries with big vanilla…
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3 Cinnamon Homemade Spice Blends For Easy Fall Baking
These 3 cinnamon based homemade spice blends of pumpkin pie spice, chai spice, AND apple…
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Easy Bourbon Peach Pie Filling
This peach pie filling could not be easier to make; big on flavor from Chai…
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Homemade Nutella: Rich Chocolate Hazelnut Flavor, No Seed Oils
It’s impossible to hate homemade nutella; made with rich chocolate ganache mixed with homemade toasty…
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Easy Vegan Caramel Sauce: 5 Minutes To This Silky Luscious Topping
This easy vegan caramel sauce will have you wondering why you ever bought the bottled…
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Easy Plum Jam (Low Sugar): The Best Thing to Do With Ripe Plums
This easy plum jam is a perfect way to capture the best of summer fruit…
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Dark Chocolate Cut-Out Cookies Recipe: Versatile Basic Cookie You Need
This dark chocolate cut-out cookies recipe is made with butter, Dutch process cocoa powder, with…
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Homemade Pear Sauce: Applesauce’s More Interesting Cousin
You’ll love this homemade pear sauce, packed with Fall flavors of chai spice and rich…
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Chai Spiced Maple Candied Pecans: How to Make Pecans Better
These chai spiced maple pecan candied pecans are covered in a maple brown sugar mix…
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10 Minute Vanilla Pastry Cream: Must Know Recipe
Vanilla pastry cream is a custard of egg yolks, lightly sweetened, flavored with vanilla paste…
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How To Make Buttermilk
Let’s talk about how to make buttermilk, that tangy lovely milk product that does so…
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Vanilla Homemade Cashew Butter: Better Flavor & Cheaper
This homemade cashew butter is rich with vanilla, oozy creamy spreadableness and is better than…
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Homemade Jiffy Cornbread Mix: Better Than The Box
This homemade Jiffy cornbread mix is here to save you mega time helping you make…
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Easy Candied Orange Peel: Never Throw Away Your Orange Peels Again
Candied orange peel might be the easiest and most addictive DIY baking extra you can…
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Homemade Pumpkin Pie Filling: 1 Minute To Easy Pies
Homemade pumpkin pie filling is here to save you time in your Fall baking; filled…
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Homemade Lemon Sugar: Easy Added Lemon Flavor Any Time
Homemade lemon sugar has just 2 ingredients, takes about 2 minutes to make but can…
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Maple Buttercream Frosting
Maple buttercream frosting has all the silky texture of classic Ermine frosting (Affiliate) with the…
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Easy Raspberry Jam Recipe: (Seedless!)
This easy raspberry jam recipe is a glossy red, made with just 3 ingredients, and…
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Cranberry Curd: Fall and Winter’s Most Beautiful Jam
Boy howdy is cranberry curd gorgeous: vivid red berries with smooth tartness laced with big…
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Coffee Caramel Sauce: 10 Minute Drizzling Sauce
If you’ve never made homemade caramel sauce before, this coffee caramel sauce will become your…
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Easy Date Paste For Naturally Sweetened Baking
This easy date paste is loaded with fiber, minerals, and natural sweetness. Taste Texture Sweet…
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The Easiest Homemade Strawberry Jam: Small Batch, No Pectin
The easiest homemade strawberry jam is made with frozen strawberries, just enough sugar and a…
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How To Make Streusel Topping
Learn how to make streusel topping with this easy recipe. Streusel is the crunchy topping…
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Lazy Homemade Applesauce: The Easiest Way To Preserve Apples
Homemade applesauce with nothing but apples cooked down to perfection is one of the easiest…
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Maple Pear Butter: Even Better Than Apple
This maple pear butter is sweetened with maple syrup and spiced up with chai spice…
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The Best & Easiest Apple Butter Recipe
The simplest best apple butter recipe is a rich, thick spreadable apple paste made from…
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Chocolate Pastry Cream: Luscious Filling Better Than the Box
It’s hard to hate chocolate pastry cream with its rich chocolatey flavor and super silky…
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Homemade Gingerbread Spice: Make the Absolute Best Cookies With This
Homemade gingerbread spice has all the spices of Christmas all ground up fresh for the…
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Homemade Vanilla Paste: Save Money and Bake With More Flavor
Homemade vanilla paste is made with whole vanilla beans (Affiliate) , honey, and pure vanilla…
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Ermine Frosting: The Old-Fashioned Frosting with Less Sugar
Ermine frosting is the less sweet, silky frosting you’ve been missing. This vintage frosting recipe…
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Make Ahead Apple Pie Filling: Your Pie Will Thank You
My make ahead apple pie filling is made with apples slowly cooked in butter and…
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27 Homemade Pantry Staples For Baking
These homemade pantry staples for baking from jams and fillings and homemade spice blends to…
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How To Make a Perfect Graham Cracker Crust Every Time
Graham cracker crust is one of the easiest and best crusts for pies and what’s…
