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Colored Sugar

Colored Sugar

4.9

Prep
5 min
Cook
Total
5 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather ingredients.
  2. 2 Place sugar into a jar with a tight-fitting lid. Drip food coloring onto sugar, close the lid.
  3. 3 Shake vigorously until blended and even in color, about 1 minute.

By Sue

Prickly Pear Candy

Prickly Pear Candy

2.0

Prep
10 min
Cook
10 min
Total
50 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. 2 Strain prickly pear juice through 2 layers of cheesecloth into a saucepan; add sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat.
  3. 3 Pour pear juice mixture onto the prepared baking sheet.
  4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until firm, about 5 minutes.
  5. 5 Cool candy, at least 30 minutes. Cut into bite-sized pieces; wrap in plastic wrap.

By IFN Staff

Cherry Pie Filling

Cherry Pie Filling

4.8

Prep
25 min
Cook
15 min
Total
40 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather the ingredients.
  2. 2 Place cherries into a saucepan over medium heat. Cover and cook, stirring often, until cherries release their juices and come to a simmer, 10 to 15 minutes.
  3. 3 Whisk sugar with cornstarch in a bowl until combined; pour mixture into hot cherries and juice. Stir until thoroughly combined.
  4. 4 Bring to a simmer over low heat; cook until thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool before using as pie filling.

By mrsC

Lime Sorbet

Lime Sorbet

4.6

Prep
15 min
Cook
10 min
Total
155 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Make a simple syrup by bringing sugar and water to a boil in a small saucepan. Allow to boil for 1 minute, then remove from the heat. Let cool for about 10 minutes.
  2. 2 Purée cooled simple syrup, lime juice, and basil in a blender. Pour into a container, cover, and place into the freezer until completely frozen, about 2 hours.
  3. 3 Break the frozen mixture into pieces and place back into the blender. Blend until smooth. Return to the container, cover, and store in the freezer until ready to serve.

By Mark Logan

Blackberry Coulis

Blackberry Coulis

5.0

Prep
5 min
Cook
Total
5 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Combine blackberries, sugar, and lemon juice in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until smooth and sugar is dissolved, 15 to 20 seconds.
  2. 2 Strain blackberry mixture into a separate bowl using a fine-mesh strainer; discard solids. Store, covered, in the refrigerator.

By France Cevallos

Five Minute Fruit Ice Cream

Five Minute Fruit Ice Cream

4.7

Prep
5 min
Cook
Total
5 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
  2. 2 Combine frozen strawberries and sugar in a food processor or blender. Process until strawberries are roughly chopped.
  3. 3 With the processor on, slowly pour in heavy cream until incorporated. Store in the freezer for up to 1 week.

By Pamela Euless-Barker

Stewed Rhubarb

Stewed Rhubarb

4.3

Prep
10 min
Cook
20 min
Total
30 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Place rhubarb in a large pot and fill with enough water so that it is almost covered. Bring to a boil, then simmer over medium heat until starting to fall apart, about 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.
  2. 2 Remove from heat; stir in sugar and cinnamon until sugar has dissolved. Serve hot or cold.

By Bethany Webber

3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

4.7

Prep
15 min
Cook
10 min
Total
25 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. 2 Mix peanut butter, sugar, and egg together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
  3. 3 Roll dough into 1-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  4. 4 Flatten each with a fork, making a criss-cross pattern. Bake in the preheated oven until edges are firm, about 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
  5. 5 Enjoy!

By heather

Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies

4.6

Prep
20 min
Cook
10 min
Total
30 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather the ingredients, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. 2 Mix peanut butter, white sugar, and egg in a medium bowl until smooth.
  3. 3 Roll mixture into 1-inch balls and place 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet; flatten each with a fork, making a criss-cross pattern.
  4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are just barely brown on the bottoms, about 6 to 8 minutes. They can become too crumbly if they are overcooked. Cool on the baking sheets briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
  5. 5 Serve and enjoy!

By Francie

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

4.4

Prep
Cook
Total

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
  2. 2 Combine ingredients and drop by teaspoonfuls on cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. Let cool. Recipe doesn't make very many, so you could double recipe as you desire.

By Stephanie T

No Bake Cereal Cookies

No Bake Cereal Cookies

4.4

Prep
10 min
Cook
5 min
Total
30 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Bring sugar and syrup to a boil. Add peanut butter and stir well. Remove from heat. Stir in cereal (see Cook's Note).
  2. 2 Pat into a lightly greased 9x13-inch pan, or drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper.
  3. 3 Allow to cool before slicing bars.

By S Janssen

Chocolate Dipped Bing Cherries

Chocolate Dipped Bing Cherries

4.4

Prep
30 min
Cook
5 min
Total
515 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Pour sugar into a shallow dish; add 2 drops vanilla at a time in 24 separate places to form lumps of vanilla sugar. Set aside to allow lumps to harden.
  2. 2 Meanwhile, carefully pit cherries from the bottom. Make sure stems stay intact.
  3. 3 Insert 1 hardened lump sugar into 1 cherry where pit was; repeat with remaining sugar lumps and cherries. Set aside.
  4. 4 Place chocolate in a microwave-safe dish; microwave until melted and smooth, stirring every 30 seconds.
  5. 5 Dip cherries into melted chocolate, holding cherries by the stems, leaving the very tops undipped; set dipped cherries on waxed paper to dry, then refrigerate to allow sugar lumps to dissolve, 8 hours to overnight.

By Barry

Easy Peanut Butter Blossoms

Easy Peanut Butter Blossoms

4.8

Prep
15 min
Cook
15 min
Total
50 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather the ingredients. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Place 1/2 cup sugar into a shallow bowl.
  2. 2 Stir peanut butter, remaining 1 ¼ cups sugar, and eggs together in a mixing bowl until well combined. Roll into 36 small balls.
  3. 3 Roll balls in reserved sugar until coated, then arrange 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until very lightly browned on the bottom and the edges are beginning to crack, 12 to 14 minutes.
  5. 5 Remove from the oven and immediately press one chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie. Cool on the baking sheets for 1 to 2 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 15 minutes.
  6. 6 Enjoy!

By Jacquita

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

4.6

Prep
10 min
Cook
10 min
Total
20 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. 2 Stir sugar, peanut butter, and egg together in a large bowl until well combined.
  3. 3 Shape dough into 1-inch balls. If dough is too sticky, refrigerate until easy to handle, about 30 minutes.
  4. 4 Place dough balls on an ungreased cookie sheet.
  5. 5 Bake in the preheated oven until edges are set and tops are slightly cracked, about 10 minutes.
  6. 6 Press a chocolate kiss into center of each warm cookie. Remove to a wire rack to cool.

By Sharon Baetcke

Pie Crust Cinnamon Rolls

Pie Crust Cinnamon Rolls

4.2

Prep
15 min
Cook
20 min
Total
40 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. 2 Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a bowl.
  3. 3 Roll out pie crust to a 8x12-inch rectangle about 1/8-inch thick. Spread softened butter over the entire rectangle. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar evenly over the butter. Roll up the dough tightly, starting at a shorter end. Cut roll into 1-inch slices. Place rolls seam-side down on the prepared baking sheet.
  4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes. Let rest on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

By Jason Nieten

Grandma Peggy's Lemon Ice

Grandma Peggy's Lemon Ice

5.0

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
370 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix half-and-half, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest together in a bowl. Freeze mixture until ice crystals form, about 1 hour. Remove mixture from freezer, stir to distribute ice crystals, and return to freezer until ice crystals form again, about 1 hour.
  2. 2 Repeat freezing and stirring process twice. Cover the bowl with a lid and freeze until solid, about 2 hours.

By Erin Duvall Culver

Celery Sorbet

Celery Sorbet

4.4

Prep
10 min
Cook
5 min
Total
335 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Combine sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat until just starting to simmer. Remove from heat. Cool simple syrup to room temperature.
  2. 2 Slice celery into small pieces; transfer to a blender. Add lime juice, salt, and cooled simple syrup; blend until smooth. Pour mixture into a strainer set over the same saucepan; press mixture through the strainer using a spoon until all juice has been extracted. Cover and refrigerate juice until thoroughly chilled, at least 1 hour.
  3. 3 Pour celery mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's instructions, about 20 minutes. Transfer sorbet to a freezer-safe bowl, cover sorbet with plastic wrap, place a plate over the bowl, and freeze until set, about 4 hours.

By John Mitzewich

Easy Cherry Compote

Easy Cherry Compote

5.0

Prep
5 min
Cook
10 min
Total
45 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Combine cherries, sugar, and cornstarch in a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir constantly and bring to a boil.
  2. 2 Reduce heat; simmer until mixture becomes translucent, about 5 minutes.
  3. 3 Off heat, stir in lemon juice; cool to room temperature before serving, 30 to 60 minutes. Store compote in the refrigerator.

By Bethania

Angel Food Candy

Angel Food Candy

4.6

Prep
20 min
Cook
30 min
Total
75 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Butter a 9x13 inch baking dish.
  2. 2 In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, corn syrup and vinegar. Cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Heat, without stirring, to 300 to 310 degrees F (149 to 154 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads.
  3. 3 Remove from heat and stir in baking soda. Pour into prepared pan; do not spread. (Mixture will not fill pan.) Allow to cool completely.
  4. 4 In the microwave or over a double boiler, melt coating chocolate, stirring frequently until smooth. Break cooled candy into bite-sized pieces and dip into melted candy coating. Let set on waxed paper. Store tightly covered.

By Debbie

Snow Ice Cream

Snow Ice Cream

4.7

Prep
20 min
Cook
Total
20 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Place a large bowl outside to collect about 1 gallon of clean snowflakes.
  2. 2 Mix in sugar and vanilla extract. Stir in just enough milk to reach desired consistency. Serve at once.

By Lil'MadSavy

Rice Cooker Rice Pudding

Rice Cooker Rice Pudding

3.2

Prep
Cook
20 min
Total
110 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Stir 5 1/2 cups milk, rice, sugar, and cinnamon together in a rice cooker. Cover and cook for one cycle until tender and creamy, about 20 minutes. Stir in remaining 2 1/2 cups milk.
  2. 2 Transfer to a bowl and let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Cover and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours before serving.

By ASTROPHE

Mini Air Fryer Cherry Hand Pies

Mini Air Fryer Cherry Hand Pies

4.7

Prep
20 min
Cook
10 min
Total
30 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Roll out each circle of pie dough to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut circles into the dough using a 3-inch round cookie cutter to make 16 circles (8 from each dough round).
  2. 2 Moisten the edge of a circle with water, then add 1 tablespoon cherry pie filling in the center. Fold the circle in half and pinch the edges of the dough together to seal. Use a fork to crimp the edges to secure them further. Add a slit in the top of the crust with a sharp knife. Repeat with the remaining dough circles.
  3. 3 Preheat an air fryer to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and spray the air fryer bucket with cooking spray. Place pies in the basket in a single layer (you may need to work in batches). Spray the tops of the pies with more cooking spray, and sprinkle the tops with coarse sugar.
  4. 4 Cook in the air fryer until golden brown, about 9 minutes.

By fabeveryday

Grilled Peaches with Blue Cheese and Balsamic

Grilled Peaches with Blue Cheese and Balsamic

4.4

Prep
20 min
Cook
20 min
Total
40 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat the grill for medium-high heat. Lightly oil the grate.
  2. 2 Stir together vinegar, sugar, and pepper in a saucepan over medium heat. Simmer until liquid has slightly thickened and reduced by half. Remove from heat and set glaze aside.
  3. 3 Place peaches cut-side down on the preheated grill and cook until flesh is caramelized, about 5 minutes. Turn peaches over. Brush the tops with balsamic glaze and continue grilling for 2 to 3 minutes.
  4. 4 Transfer peach halves to individual serving dishes and drizzle with remaining glaze. Sprinkle with blue cheese.

By Allrecipes Member

Quick and Easy Peanut Brittle

Quick and Easy Peanut Brittle

4.3

Prep
10 min
Cook
5 min
Total
45 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Line a jelly roll pan with parchment paper.
  2. 2 Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir sugar and salt with melted butter to dissolve completely. Remove saucepan from heat, add peanuts, and stir to coat completely; immediately pour onto prepared pan and spread into an even layer.
  3. 3 Refrigerate until brittle, at least 30 minutes. Separate from parchment and break into pieces.

By Jordan Patten

Cheese Filling

Cheese Filling

4.9

Prep
10 min
Cook
Total
10 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Beat together cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla until well combined. Cover and chill in the refrigerator before using in pastries and baking them.

By POKEY-TURTLE

Bananas in Caramel Sauce

Bananas in Caramel Sauce

4.5

Prep
5 min
Cook
10 min
Total
15 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Melt butter in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Stir in sugar and cook, stirring, until sugar is melted and light brown. Slowly stir in the cream (mixture will bubble up).
  2. 2 Let mixture boil for 1 minute, then reduce heat to low. Carefully add bananas to the pan and cook until just heated through, about 2 minutes. Serve hot.

By Sarah Hand

Air Fryer Blueberry Hand Pies

Air Fryer Blueberry Hand Pies

5.0

Prep
15 min
Cook
10 min
Total
25 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Roll out each circle of pie dough on a lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut circles into the dough using a 3 1/2-inch round cookie cutter to make 16 circles (8 from each dough round). If you don't have a 3 1/2-inch cookie cutter, you can use the mouth of a large cup or wide-mouth jar.
  2. 2 Moisten the edge of a circle with water, then add 2 tablespoons blueberry pie filling in the center (or however much can fit while still leaving the edges bare).
  3. 3 Place another dough circle on top of the filling and pinch the edges of the two dough rounds together to seal. Use a fork to crimp the edges to secure them further. Add a slit in the top of the crust with a sharp knife. Repeat with the remaining dough circles until you have 8 round pies.
  4. 4 Preheat an air fryer to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray. Place pies in the basket in a single layer (you may need to work in batches). Spray the tops of the pies with more cooking spray, and sprinkle the tops with coarse sugar.
  5. 5 Cook in the air fryer until golden brown, about 9 minutes.

By fabeveryday

Quick Peanut Butter Cookies

Quick Peanut Butter Cookies

4.4

Prep
15 min
Cook
8 min
Total
40 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  2. 2 In a medium bowl, mix together the peanut butter, sugar, egg, and baking soda until well blended. Roll dough into 1 inch balls, and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
  3. 3 Bake for 6 to 8 minutes in the preheated oven. Cool on cookie sheets until set, before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

By Vicki Douglas

Mango Tango Sorbet

Mango Tango Sorbet

4.0

Prep
15 min
Cook
Total
195 min

Instructions

  1. 1 Place mango and sugar into a blender; blend until puréed and smooth. Add tangerine juice, orange zest and juice, and lime zest and juice; blend to combine. Transfer to a container; refrigerate 1 hour to overnight.
  2. 2 Pour chilled mixture into an ice cream maker and freeze according to manufacturer's directions until it reaches "soft-serve" consistency. Transfer sorbet to a 1- or 2-quart lidded plastic container; cover the surface with plastic wrap and seal. Ripen sorbet in the freezer, 2 hours to overnight.

By TR6