Making simple desserts is a quick and easy way to round out a meal. Ready-made desserts like cookies and ice cream can be served as is, while homemade desserts can be made using boxed mixes or pre-made crusts. Choose recipes with few steps and a short cooking time, and consider how easy the dessert will be to serve.
Making simple desserts is a good way to round out a meal without spending too much time and energy in the kitchen. Some of the simplest desserts of all, like cookies and ice cream, are ready-made and can simply be served to guests right out of the package. You can also find easy-to-follow recipes for homemade desserts, such as cakes, pies, cookies and creams. It’s a good idea to look through a few recipes before deciding on one that doesn’t take too much time and only requires a few steps. Follow all directions carefully even when preparing a simple dessert.
One thing a cook can do when making simple desserts is to use ready-made components or mixes whenever possible. It’s not difficult to bake a cake from scratch, but it does require measuring out a number of different ingredients. Boxed mixes have all the dry ingredients combined in the right proportions so that all the cook has to do is add oil, eggs, and any other required liquids to the mix. Prepackaged pie crusts can make preparing many different types of pies extremely simple since in many cases the filling simply needs to be poured into the crust and then baked.
Another thing to keep in mind when making simple desserts is the amount of time a dessert takes to make. A simple dessert shouldn’t require more than 20 to 30 minutes of active kitchen time, although there are some very simple desserts that only take a few minutes. Cooks should, however, pay attention to the total time it takes to cook something versus the time it takes the cook to prepare the dish as a dessert with five minutes of prep time cooking for an hour is still easy to prepare.
Cooks who are looking to make simple desserts should also choose recipes that don’t involve many steps. A chocolate cake recipe might require a handful of steps or dozens depending on the complexity of the cake. One way to judge how easy it is to make a dessert is to look at how many steps it takes to make it.
When making simple desserts, the cook should also take into account how easy the dessert will be to serve. Crème brûlée may contain relatively few ingredients and may require only a few steps to prepare, but must be burned with a torch just before serving. Flan and Panna Cota are similar desserts with simpler serving requirements. When making simple desserts, it’s a good idea to consider a few different variations of the same type of dessert to find one that’s easier to both prepare and serve.
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