beckyWhat is a bain-marie? A bain-marie (French for “water bath”) is a simple homemade setup consisting of a pan of simmering water, with a metal bowl placed on top. A bain-marie functions similarly to a …
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Neapolitan Butter Cookie Recipe
If you love Neapolitan ice cream, you’ll adore this Neapolitan butter cookie recipe. Featuring a pair of piped butter cookies and swirls of vanilla chocolate strawberry buttercream sandwiched in between, these Neapolitan cookies taste just …
Peach Hand Pies with Blueberries and Walnuts
Made with shortcrust pastry and filled with a mixture of fresh peaches, fresh blueberries, chopped walnuts, brown sugar, and spices, these peach hand pies with blueberries and walnuts are the best peach hand pie recipe …
Lavender Lemon Cookies
Made with culinary lavender, coffee, honey, and lemon, these bakery style lavender lemon cookies combine all of the flavors of a classic lavender latte, in the form of a dark chocolate cookie! What Inspired These …
White Chocolate Bark Recipe with Berries
Made with puffed rice cereal, almonds, coconut, and freeze-dried berries, this red, white, and blue white chocolate bark recipe makes the perfect treat for July 4th celebrations, or for any day when you’re craving a …
Recipe Roundup: Rainbow Cookie Box
June is Pride Month, and the flags and decorations adorning the city always inspire me to find new and interesting ways to introduce rainbows into my baking projects. Over the years I’ve amassed quite a …
Rebecca Frey is a freelance recipe developer, food writer, photographer, stylist, and pastry chef. She earned the Diplôme de Pâtisserie (French Pastry Techniques Diploma) from Le Cordon Bleu London in 2020 and an MSc in Culinary Innovation from Birkbeck, University of London in 2022, where she focused her dissertation research on Pennsylvania Dutch recipes. She also holds a Professional Chocolatier’s Certificate from Ecole Chocolat. Rebecca has developed recipes for websites including Serious Eats, The Spruce Eats, Wine Enthusiast, and others. Follow her on Instagram @bastecutfold.