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Posts tagged “toasting nuts”

Kitchen Shortcut: How to Toast Nuts in the Microwave

Did you know that you can toast nuts in the microwave? Neither did we! Harold McGee mentions it in passing in the section about cooking with nuts in On Food and Cooking, and we thought we'd put it to ...

Technique: How To Remove the Skins from Nuts

In our post last week on Dried Fig and Nut bars, we mentioned needing to remove the skins from the hazelnuts we were using. If left on, these skins can discolor your baked goods or make them taste bit...