Dark Chocolate Chips
With chocolate chips now coming in different shapes, sizes, and even cacao perce…
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Whole-Wheat Flour
If you thought all whole-wheat flours are created equal, you were wrong.
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Dark Chocolate
It’s easy to find a great snacking chocolate. But cooking is different: Choosing…
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Processed Egg Whites
How do these packaged products compare to fresh egg whites—both in taste and per…
Almond Extract
Just ¼ teaspoon of almond extract can perfume entire cakes with the unmistakable…
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Molasses
Terms like "mild," "full," and "robust" are meaningless when it comes to molass…
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Vanilla Beans
For custard-based recipes in which vanilla is the star, we’ve found that vanill…
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Cornmeal
We were surprised to discover how much the flavor and grind can vary among diffe…
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Milk Chocolate
Has trendy dark chocolate changed our taste for good old milk chocolate?
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Unsweetened Chocolate
With no added sugar or dairy, 100 percent pure chocolate can be a clear route to…
Instant Espresso Powder
Is the right espresso powder the secret to intense chocolate flavor in brownies …
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All-Purpose Vegetable Oils
Vegetable oil should stay behind the scenes, whether you’re baking, sautéing, or…
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White Chocolate
We tasted real white chocolate alongside "fake" supermarket brands to determine …
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Quick Oats
For emergencies only?
Stone-Ground Oats
We tested one brand of stone-ground oats. Could they please our tasters' palates…
Steel-Cut Oats
Judging from the brands and styles cramming supermarket shelves, there's an oat …
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Vanilla Extract
In the battle of pure versus imitation extracts, could we declare a winner?
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Lemon Curd
We tasted jarred varieties to see if we could find an acceptable substitute for …
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This product supposedly helps seeds stick to dough. Is it worth buying?
Splenda
We tested Splenda’s claim that it can be used cup for cup to replace sugar.
Baking Powder
We always assumed all baking powders were created equal.
Boy, were we wrong.
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Zero Trans Fat Vegetable Shortening
The producer promises exactly the same results as the original—does it deliver?