Claire Saffitz is an American food writer, chef, and YouTube personality. She is also a former contributing editor at “Bon Appétit” magazine where she starred in a series of videos called “Gourmet Makes”, in which she created gourmet versions of popular snack foods. She has since published a cookbook, “Dessert Person”, and is presently hosting her own YouTube channel.
From Claire Saffitz. How To Make Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake With Claire Saffitz (1 Mil Special) | Dessert Person This episode is all about covers — Claire shows you how to make the gorgeous cover star of Dessert Person, AND debuts the cover of her NEW book, What’s for Dessert!!!!! The book is out…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Saffitz Makes Miso Buttermilk Biscuits | Dessert Person In this episode of Dessert Person, we show you how to make Miso Buttermilk Biscuits. Miso Buttermilk Biscuits 1/2 cup sweet white miso (4.8 oz / 136g) 1 1/4 cups buttermilk (10.6 oz / 300g), chilled 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (15 oz…
From Claire Saffitz. The Best Peanut Butter Cookies with Claire Saffitz | Dessert Person In this episode of Dessert Person, we show you three ways to make Peanut Butter Cookies Peanut Butter & Concord Grape Sandwich Cookies 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (11.4 oz / 325g) 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal…
From Claire Saffitz. Emma Chamberlain x Claire Saffitz is a match made in CAVA Spicy Hummus heaven. Get Emma’s Fire Bowl and Emma’s Spicy Snack this week at CAVA restaurants nationwide (it’s only around until Tuesday, April 26th!). And, be sure to pick up CAVA Spicy Hummus at Whole Foods to pair with Claire’s perfectly…
From Claire Saffitz. How To Make Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish With Claire Saffitz | Dessert Person A treat for me as a kid was walking from my house to the St. Louis Bread Company, a family-owned, fast-casual bakery and cafe (later sold and turned into the Panera chain), and buying a snack from the pastry…
From Claire Saffitz. How To Make The Best Quiche With Claire Saffitz | Dessert Person A quiche is simple in concept, yes, but this recipe has quite a technical process. Claire Saffitz demonstrates how to make the best quiche by parbaking the crust to prevent sogginess and ensure the structural integrity of the tall sides.…
From Claire Saffitz. BREAD 101: Claire Saffitz Answers Your Bread Questions | Claire-ified Ever have a burning bread question you wished you could ask a real baking expert? Bread Flour vs All Purpose? Problems with Starter? Best Baking Tips & Hacks? Well, you might have these questions answered because Claire is back to address all…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Saffitz Makes Pancakes + Sourdough Starter 101 | Dessert Person Raise your hand if you have a sourdough starter languishing in the refrigerator? If you do, fear not, even a neglected starter can be revived, just check out Claire’s tips for how to keep a starter fed and happy in your…
From Claire Saffitz. Thank you to Made In for sponsoring today’s episode! Visit https://www.madeincookware.com/claire to get 15% off your entire order using Claire15 at checkout. Bread is what I make when I feel happy, or sad, or stressed — or just when I am in the mood for fresh, delicious, bread! The process is just…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Saffitz Makes an Apple Tart #short | Dessert Person #ClaireSaffitz #AppleTart #Baking Apple Tart Ingredients: 6 medium Pink Lady or any sweet-tart, firm baking apples (about 2 1/2 lb /1.13kg) 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar (1.8 oz / 50g) 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (3 oz / 85g) Seeds scraped from…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Saffitz Makes Feta-Za’atar Flatbread #shorts | Dessert Person These soft-on-the-inside and crispy-and-charred-on-the-outside flatbreads have a secret ingredient: cooked potato. It keeps them pillowy and flexible and ideal for stuffing with feta cheese and slathering in zaatar oil. But if you take away nothing else, let it be the delicious eggplant dip…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Makes Coffee Cake #shorts | Dessert Person. Most cakes are delicious when eaten with a cup of coffee, but what’s even more delicious? A cake that tastes of coffee itself! This coffee coffee cake has a light, silky crumb and a brown sugary flavor that’s perfectly offset by the bitter notes…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Saffitz Makes Flourless Chocolate Cake #shorts | Dessert Person What do you make for a group of people who love to eat but can’t have gluten or dairy? This Flourless Chocolate Wave Cake! It’s a rich-but-light-at-same-time cake made with almond flour, a dash of amaretto, lots of chocolate, and lightened with…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Saffitz Makes Cheesecake #shorts | Dessert Person Heading into spring and summer fruit season, for your consideration: a light, lemony, interesting-in-good-way cheesecake that pairs perfectly with any topping. The key ingredient is goat cheese, which adds a complex flavor, and the key technique is using less filling to keep a reasonable…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Saffitz Chocolate Chip Cookies What makes the best chocolate chip cookies? In Claire’s opinion, it’s a chewy edge, soft and chewy center, puddles of chocolate (in this case, dark and milk), a healthy amount of salt, and, crucially, lots of butterscotch-y flavor from the interplay of vanilla, brown sugar, and brown…
From Claire Saffitz. Is there anything better than birthday cake? I don’t know about you, but to me, bday cake always means yellow cake and chocolate frosting. This vanilla-scented cake bakes up extremely light and tender, but still has the unmistakable richness and color of a yolky batter, while the super-easy frosting gets balance and…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Saffitz Makes Aunt Rose’s Mondel Bread | Dessert Person Mandel bread is a kind of almond cookie that Claire Saffitz describes as a Jewish Biscotti although it’s only baked once. Claire recently learned that before emigrating to the United States, her great grandfather worked as a baker. This explains the handful…
From Claire Saffitz. Hot Chocolate & Homemade Marshmallows with Claire Saffitz | Dessert Person #ClaireSaffitz #hotchocolate #marshmallow Ingredients: Marshmallows 3 teaspoons powdered unflavored gelatin ⅓ cup plus ¼ cup cold water ⅔ cup sugar ¼ cup light corn syrup 3 large egg whites, at room temperature pinch of salt 1 teaspoon teaspoon vanilla extract 0:00…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Saffitz Answers Your Baking Questions | Claire-ified Ever have a burning baking question you wished you could ask a real baking expert? Baking Soda vs Baking Powder ? Baking For Beginners? Best Baking Tips & Hacks? Well, you might have these questions answered because Claire is back to address all your…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Saffitz Makes Chocolate Eclairs / Pâte à Choux Part 2 | Dessert Person Who’s ready for a two-parter all about that most delicious and magical of pastry, pate a choux? It’s all-purpose cream puff dough, and in this episode, Claire shows you show to make Chocolate Eclairs plus profiteroles in the…
From Claire Saffitz. Claire Saffitz Makes Cheese Puffs / Pâte à Choux Part 1 | Dessert Person Who’s ready for a two-parter all about that most delicious and magical of pastry, pate a choux? It’s all-purpose cream puff dough, and in this episode, Claire shows you show to make the base recipe plus Gougères, a…
From Claire Saffitz. How To Make Brownies 3 Ways (Sundae, Cookie, Cake) | Dessert Person Allow us to revisit the Claire Saffitz Forever Brownie. Brownie recipes can be cakey, chewy, light, dense, fudgy, tender, shiny, matte, bitter, sweet, thin, thick — and yet, they’re all brownies. Claire’s favorite brownie is chocolatey but not too intense…
From Claire Saffitz. How To Make Sugar Cookies With Claire Saffitz | Dessert Person #ClaireSaffitz #SugarCookies #ChristmasCookies Sugar Cookie Recipe 2 sticks unsalted butter ¾ cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2½ cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon kosher salt ⅜ teaspoon baking powder Royal Icing Recipe 2 large egg whites 1…