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Advice on Making Your Own Desserts

It's the end of the meal and everyone turns their thoughts to the piece de resistance, the dessert. How do yours shape up? Hopefully, they are masterworks. Whether they are or not, the following tidbits might help make them that much better.

Rolling dough on parchment paper is no big deal with one exception. The parchment paper tends to slip. Try lightly watering down the surface you are using and then put down the parchment paper. It should stop slipping.

The might apple can be a great substitute in many dessert recipes. Well, at least applesauce can. Try using it in place of oil in your favorite recipe. The dessert will be just as moist, but without the disadvantages of oil.

Separating egg yolks and whites should become second nature for you after a bit. If you find yourself having problems, cool the eggs down. The separation is easier when the sections are cooler for some reason.

I love chocolate. You love chocolate. Your dog loves chocolate. That being said, chocolate can kill your pup so be very careful when leaving it lying around when cooking desserts. Pups cannot process it fast enough so it poisons them.

You can stop dripping ice cream cones now. How? It is amazingly simple. Buy some mini marshmallows and then stuff a few in the bottom of each cone. They will form a dam that keeps the liquid from running out the bottom.

You need room temperature margarine and you need it now. So, how do you turn that rock hard butter bar into what you need? Use a peeler to create curls in a bowl. More surface is exposed to the air and it will soften quicker.

Cookies can go rock hard surprisingly quickly. If you are going to throw them in the frig, try including a slice of orange peel. It will keep them from becoming rocks, but you will have a citrus aroma with them.

Your dentist will probably faint if you tell him or her this, but dental floss is not just for teeth. It is a great tool for cutting cookie dough and cakes. Hold it in both hands and saw through your subject like a saw through wood.

At the end of the day, many could argue that half the fun of a good dessert is actually making it. You can get pretty creative and use just about any combination of ingredients. Remember, the first chocolate chip cookie was an accident.