From Cook's Illustrated. 3 cups water 1 cup whole milk 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 cup steel-cut oats ¼ teaspoon table salt Many supermarkets sell prepackaged steel-cut oats, but we found they were often stale and always expensive. A better option is to purchase them online … [Read more...]
Buttermilk Waffles
When this recipe came out in The Best Recipe, by the editors of Cook’s Illustrated (1999), Chris and Andy were still living at home. We love our waffles and Andy's kitchen training included egg separation. He regularly quintupled this recipe to provide enough waffles … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Sweet Potatoes
My mother made sweet potatoes every Thanksgiving and it's our tradition too. I didn't get my mother's recipe but she always included crushed pineapple. Over the years I have tried many different ingredients such as butter, warm milk or cream, white or brown sugar, and even … [Read more...]