Hot Snacks How-Tos

How To: Make homemade donuts

In this video series, our expert will demonstrate how to make homemade donuts. You will learn how to make a variety of donuts, including an easy glazed donut, traditional jelly donuts and powdered sugar donuts.

How To: Prepare Asian-style spring rolls

Asian-style spring and summer rolls are easy to create at home and can make a cooling supper on a hot evening. Use fresh herbs, such as mint, cilantro and basil and wrap With colorful, cooling vegetables -- such as shredded carrot, cucumber, or bean sprouts -- and vermicelli rice noodles. Add cooked, chilled seafood, tofu or chicken if desired.

How To: Toast nuts

Toasting nuts really brings out their flavor, not to mention it gives them a delicious crunch. Spread nuts in an even layer on a rimmed baking sheet and bake in a 400-degree oven, watching them carefully so they don't burn, for 10 to 15 minutes. Cool and store in an airtight container for up to two weeks.

How To: Drain yogurt

Yogurt makes a healthy and delicious addition to dips, sauces and soups, but sometimes it can make a recipe taste watery. The solution is to drain the yogurt in a sieve lined with cheesecloth or a clean, lint-free dish towel in the refrigerator overnight until the yogurt becomes thick and creamy-looking.

How To: Make Thai tuna toast

This Thai dish is a good snack or appetizer. You will need baguette bread, chunky light tuna in water, eggs, cornstarch, chopped water chestnuts, sesame seeds, choppped fresh ginger root, chopped green onion and cilantro, fish sauce, fresh pepper, sugar and vegetable oil. Make Thai tuna toast.

How To: Make ice cream in a bag

This short video teaches you how to make real ice cream with your preschooler with just some plastic bags. This is a wonderful activity for using measuring skills, scooping and pouring skills, and experiencing a science reaction. The best part is the great tasting ice you can make in about 5 minutes!

How To: Make homemade wonton crisps

Chef John tells us that he normally would avoid any in-home deep-frying, but as you’ll see in this clip, these go so fast, and we use such a small amount of oil that it’s actually quite fast and easy. Most grocery stores carry both round and square “wonton wrappers” or, as they are sometimes called, “wonton skins.”

How To: Make homemade peanut butter

Rich, creamy peanut butter tastes great on sandwiches, in recipes, or even by itself. Try making this peanut butter recipe with your kids. You will need peanut or vegetable oil, roasted, unsalted peanuts and salt. The oil thins the peanut butter. For crunchy peanut butter, chop some additional peanuts. Pour them into the bowl, and stir them into the peanut butter. Spread the peanut butter on your favorite bread for a delicious snack at any time of the day.

How To: Make low-carb snacks

Michel Nischan shows you some great low-carb snacks, such as mozzarella sticks and peanut butter covered vegetables. However, the best low-carb snack is the Mexican pizza. Created with a toasted tortilla, refried beans, strained salsa, and low fat cheese. Bake it in the oven for four minutes, and you have one tasty snack

How To: Make wontons

Watch this instructional video to learn how to make wontons. All you need is chicken (or any other meat), green onion, soy sauce, pepper, sesame oil, and water. Wontons are an Asian dish.

How To: Make almond biscotti

Biscotti is a tasty afternoon snack and also goes great with a steaming cup of coffee. Learn how to make almond biscotti at home. You will need almonds, baking powder, salt, flour, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and almont extract. Happy coffee break. This is an Italian snack.

How To: Make nachos with homemade chips

Nachos are the perfect appetizer, especially when the tortilla chips are warm and crispy. Learn how to make your own nacho chips the simple way - with fresh corn wraps. these corn chips are made from corn wraps and they are so easy to make. Cut a stack of corn wraps into triangles, place them on a cookie sheet lined with foil and bake them in a 350 degree oven for about 15 minutes or until they turn golden brown. Here is an easy chip tip: If you want, you can spray the chips with cooking spra...

How To: Make yummy crunchy peanut brittle

Satisfy your sweet tooth with a batch of yummy peanut brittle. This crunchy candy uses just a handful of ingredients and is a cinch to make. You will need water, sugar, roasted peanuts, corn syrup, peanut butter, butter, salt, parchment paper, and baking soda.

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