General Tso’s Chicken

This general tso's chicken uses flour-coated breast pieces and a sweet, tangy sauce made from sugar, distilled vinegar and soy sauce. There is no hoisin sauce or separate starch slurry in the sauce.

This general tso's chicken uses flour-coated breast pieces and a sweet, tangy sauce made from sugar, distilled vinegar and soy sauce. There is no hoisin sauce or separate starch slurry in the sauce.

These apple oat crumble bars layer chopped apples between a pressed buttery base and a loose oat topping, with a thin milk glaze after cooling. One crumb mixture does both jobs, so you do not need a separate pastry dough.

These churro donut bites are spooned cake-donut pieces with cinnamon in the batter and a cinnamon-sugar finish. They use baking powder rather than yeast, and the milk, egg and melted butter form a soft mixture that goes straight into hot oil.

These air fryer apple fries have tender apple centers and a cinnamon-panko coating that browns with a light spray of oil. Flour and an egg-milk dip help the crumbs cling to the fruit.

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Bake ground beef potato tot casserole with mushroom soup and sour cream. Learn the cheese layers, frozen potato handling, and center-temperature checks.

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Fresh strawberry pieces and an unsweetened cheese pocket fill twelve small muffins made with an oil-based batter.