Stabilized whipped cream is ideal for decorating cakes, pies, and adding into ice cream because it stays fluffy and stable for hours! No worries about it melting into a puddle of sweet cream.

Stabilized Whipped Cream

“Why bother stabilizing whipped cream?”, you may ask. Have you ever decorated a cake or pie with mounds of luscious whipped cream only to have it deflate or melt into a puddle overnight? Stabilized cream to the rescue!

One little addition to your cream while whipping it can save you from this nightmare scenario. Stabilized whipped cream is really just slightly thickened whipped cream with an ingredient to help it hold onto the loft and air you whip into it.

Stabilized Whipped Cream with Pudding

To make this handy-dandy stable whipped cream, you’ll need the following ingredients:

• heavy cream
• powdered sugar
• instant vanilla pudding mix*
• vanilla extract

*Do not attempt to make this using the cook and serve variety of pudding mix. It won’t work the same way!

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If you’ve ever wondered how to make creme brulee at home, today is your lucky day! This luscious and rich custard topped with a layer of hard caramel is made from just four common ingredients; heavy cream, egg yolks, sugar, and vanilla.

Easy Creme Brûlée Recipe

Also known as burnt cream, crema catalina, or Trinity cream, Creme Brûlée is a dessert guaranteed to impress your guests. I’m excited to teach you how to make Creme Brûlée with this tutorial today. 

It is surprisingly simple to make! Once you’ve tried making it yours, you won’t have to rely on a fancy restaurant to provide you this comforting sweet treat.

While my sister was visiting us last weekend, she brought along her kitchen torch and introduced me to the creamy awesomeness that is homemade creme brûlée. If you do not have a kitchen torch or do not care to purchase one, the sugar can also be caramelized in the oven. (Directions are included below.)

While Creme Brûlée is an undoubtedly elegant dessert, it’s also a fairly simple concept with just a few ingredients. It’s also a dessert that just about everyone loves.

I can’t imagine anyone not being over the moon to see a beautiful dish of perfectly caramelized Creme Brûlée placed in front of them at the end of the meal.

While my sister was visiting us last weekend, she brought along her kitchen torch and introduced me to the creamy awesomeness that is homemade creme brûlée.

I can’t believe it took me so long to finally make creme brûlée at home. This turned out to be one of the easiest desserts I’ve ever made!

Is Creme Brûlée Gluten Free?

Creme brûlée is nothing more than a simple custard base topped with a c

Lemon posset is creamy, velvety 3-ingredient lemon pudding that is impossibly simple and satisfying. It’s impressive as can be and proof that old-school techniques can yield very happy modern results!

Lemon Posset

When I say this dessert is old school, I mean OLD school; as in dating back to the sixteenth century. These simple but satisfying desserts have stuck around having the occasional sunshine-laden burst back into popularity because they are so very good and so incredibly easy to make.

While it’s much, much easier to lay your hands on lemons no matter where you live these days, not much else has changed about making possets.

What Is A Posset?

Simply put, you use citric acid in the form of lemon juice to thicken sweetened cream to make these sweet treats. Sugar and cream are whisked together, boiled, and then introduced to lemon juice which does the job of thickening the cream.

It’s so easy you might not believe it until you try it yourself, but try it you should! For an elegant touch, you can serve these in hollowed out lemon halves or keep it simple and serve in small, individual bowls. No matter what, it’ll make any meal feel special.

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Arroz con Leche is a Mexican rice pudding made with sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, whole milk, and plenty of cinnamon.

This heartwarming dish offers a taste of tradition and comfort to anyone lucky enough to taste its creamy goodness. Arroz con Leche is a crowd-pleaser every time we make it.

What is Arroz con Leche?

Arroz con leche, which translates to “rice with milk” in English, is a sweet rice pudding enjoyed across Spanish-speaking regions worldwide.

This is a Mexican rice pudding recipe made with sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, whole milk, and plenty of cinnamon.

While the ingredient list is about as basic as a dessert recipe can get, the result is a rich, creamy, flavorful dessert that we absolutely love.

Arroz con Leche

As soon as I opened my friend Krysten’s cookbook and spied her recipe for Arroz con Leche, I knew that recipe needed to be made as soon as possible. Luckily, with a handful of ingredients I already had on hand, I was stirring this together in less than an hour.

There are so many awesome, easy-to-make recipes in this cookbook, it really is named appropriately: So Easy & So Yummy!

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Puff pastry baklava bites are delightful, bite-sized treats that offer a modern twist on the traditional Greek dessert, baklava. These miniature pastries are made by filling buttery, flaky puff pastry cups with a sweet honey and nut filling.

About 20 years ago, my brother-in-law introduced me to baklava by way of a Christmas gift. It was his favorite food at the time, so we picked up an enormous tray of baklava and carefully gift-wrapped it for him.

On Christmas Eve, he opened his gift and the joy was palpable. He shared it with us and I loved it from the first bite. Since then, I’ve happily enjoyed baklava at every opportunity.

Baklava with Puff Pastry

My friend Lynne made this baklava while visiting me once upon a time (and I happily devoured the delicious results) but I’ve never so much as tried my hand at making it at home. As you already know, I rarely spend that kind of time on a single recipe. (Not that it never happens, but it’s a rarity for sure.)

The moment I saw Baklava Bites in the Brilliant Bites cookbook, I knew I’d be making them as soon as possible. It’s such a smart idea! Flaky, buttery, puff pastry forms the shell for an irresistible filling of roasted nuts, honey, and warm spices.

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