Whether you're a newbie baker or a pro who wants to take it easy, Mary Berg has recipe hacks to raise your baking game. Mary's Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes feature a sneaky surprise center thanks to a roll of cookie dough from the refrigerator aisle, and store-bought pie crust is the perfect texture for Blondie Pie with apricot jam filling. Hummingbird Cake is an impressive dessert that tastes as if carrot cake and banana bread had a baby. Mary jazzes it up with canned pineapple, cream cheese peanut butter frosting and crunchy Peanut Butter Feuilletine-like topping made from breakfast cereal.
Alex is making a special birthday dinner for a really good friend. She wants to food to be simple, but filled with flavor. So, she's taking something she eats all the time at home and dresses it up in an evening gown so that it can come to the party too. For her, that's a chicken. A tangy marinated chicken marsala, coasted in breadcrumbs and butter, then baked crispy in the oven. To go with the chicken, a beet pasta tossed with a bright vinaigrette and colorful scallions. So tasty and beautiful. For dessert, Alex bakes a bright lemon cake and coats it in gloppy chocolate frosting.
For those moments when Mom has a million things on her plate and none of them are dinner, Claire has fast and easy 5 Ingredient dishes to save the day. To start, Claire makes delicious and fluffy 'shroom rice that finishes in the oven. Next, Turkey Robinson...a healthy and full flavored one pot Turkey dish so incredible, you'll stamp your own family name on it. Also, a quick tangy tomato and tarragon dressing to make a part of your dinner arsenal year round. Finally, easy as cake was meant for this dessert, a cinnamon cream cheese icebox cake with chocolate wafers and cream cheese frosting. You don't even need to turn on the oven! It's a quick finish as we Race to the Dinner Table, today on 5 Ingredient Fix.