Dust

To lightly coat or sprinkle a food with a dry ingredient, such as flour or powdered sugar, either before or after cooking in order to improve the flavor or appearance of a food.

Recipes

  1. Fairy-Dust Wands

    These upside-down party treats, attached to edible sticks, are a surefire hit with kids. The "wands" start with a brownie mix.

  2. Little Dippers

    Two ingredients that seem to intensify when paired up are chocolate and coffee. Already terrific turns to spectacular when you decorate with gold luster dust to bring these Christmas cookies to another level.

  3. Cookie Wreath

    The cookies in this holiday wreath are frosted with royal icing and then brushed with edible luster dust , available at most crafts and cake supply stores.

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Articles

  1. Easy New Year’s Resolutions: Pop Goes the Healthiest Snack!

    Sun, 13 Jan 2013

    Forget the potato chips. Dust off the popcorn popper and you’ll have a zero-cholesterol, whole-grain nosh that’s fun to eat and packed with fiber. Plus, according to

  2. Gourmet Chefs Go Crazy With…Flour!?

    Fri, 20 Jan 2012

    of infused olive oil, gourmet salt and compound butter. But flavored flour? Now, to us, that seems like a serious kitchen dust -up — but apparently it’s the latest thing in clever cuisine. As “Today” reports , chef Jason Harley adds black olives and truffles to semolina to flavor the dough

  3. Frosty Kid Lunch: Snow Globe Sandwich

    Fri, 30 Nov 2012

    Thanksgiving is behind us, and now we move on to all things winter! Snow globes are wintery, fun to play with and some people even collect them. This is one snow globe isn’t likely to sit on the shelf and gather dust , though!   What You’ll Need: 1 sandwich (your choice) 1 Oreo or other chocolate ...

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Videos

  1. How to Make Tiramisu

    Thu, 9 Feb 2012

    more flavor. We're gonna take some cocoa powder. So, here we go. We're gonna add the cocoa powder. We're gonna light dust it just right on top just like that extra chocolaty flavor. Chocolaty is the word by the way. It's in the chef Lovely dictionary

    Dust found at 5:07

    here we go. We're gonna add the cocoa powder. We're gonna light dust it just right on top just like that extra chocolaty flavor. Chocolaty is the word by the way. It's in the chef
  2. How to Make Blueberry Pie

    Thu, 16 Feb 2012

    and a little bit easier to work with. Okay. So here we go. I wanna take a little bit of flour, and I'm going to lightly dust it on 1 piece of plastic wrap here just to make sure that nothing sticks makes life much, much easier for us just like that

    Dust found at 6:29

    wanna take a little bit of flour, and I'm going to lightly dust it on 1 piece of plastic wrap here just to make sure that nothing sticks makes life much, much easier for us
  3. How to Make the Perfect Pumpkin Pie

    Fri, 10 Jun 2011

    t do a lot of baking, a wine bottle works just fine, just make sure that, you know, it's (a) clean and (b) that you dust nicely, and we're just gonna roll this out into 12-inch circle, and then we're ready to go and put it into our pie plate

    Dust found at 5:18

    make sure that, you know, it's (a) clean and (b) that you dust nicely, and we're just gonna roll this out into 12-inch circle, and then we're ready to go and put it into our
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Food Blogs We Love

  1. Weeknight Barbecue Chicken Taquitos for the Pass the Cook Book Club

    Thu, 25 Apr 2013

    Jenny’s cookbook, the Picky Palate, named after her awesome blog. The club is designed to have us use the books collecting dust in our ever growing collection (any one can join!) and this month, keeping with spring flavors and wanting a burst of bright

  2. Pass the Cook Book Club: Pioneer Woman’s Herb Roasted Pork

    Thu, 28 Feb 2013

    Today is the very first post for the Pass the Cook Book Club! An idea I had to dust off my ever growing collections of unloved unused cookbooks and challenge myself to test some more recipes. Convinced I was not

  3. Photo Essay: Joshua Tree National Park, California

    Thu, 10 Jan 2013

    “I want to feel sunlight on my face...I see the dust cloud disappear, without a trace. I want to take shelter from the poison rain...Where the streets have no name...” cried out

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How To

  1. How to Make Chocolate Cake

    Sat, 1 Jan 2000

    or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. If desired, serve with ice cream or whipped cream, or dust with powdered sugar. NUTRITION FACTS Calories 359, Total Fat (g)13, Saturated Fat (g)1, Sodium (mg)406, Carbohydrate

  2. How to Make Apple Pie

    Sat, 1 Jan 2000

    crumbs on the bottom of the bowl need more moistening, add a few drops of water. Form the two masses of dough into balls, dust them with flour, and flatten them into 4- to 5-inch disks. Pat the disks to release any excess flour. Score the tops lightly