Obscure Ingredients In My Cookbooks

While most of the recipe ingredients in my cookbooks can be easily found at your local grocery store, there are a few hard-to-find ingredients that you will most likely be unable to find where you live. Grouped by cookbook, the links below will take you to online sources for them. In the interest of full disclosure, I want you to know that I make a very small percentage of your purchase when you click on the Amazon links. You won’t pay any more than you would normally.

See Other Food Items at Amazon

Christmas Cookie Treasures

Swedish Pearl Sugar

Available at Amazon and King Arthur Flour.

Pastel Cream Chips

Available at Amazon.

Cinnamon Hard Candy

The precise candy listed in the recipe (hard rocks candy) is not available online. I found an ingredient that should work at Amazon.

More holiday baking ideas at Amazon

Mom’s Best: Served Almost Daily

Burgundy Wine Powder

Available at Amazon and Spices, Etc.

Chablis Wine Powder

Available at Amazon. It used to be available at Spices, Etc., but it no longer is. I will update this if it comes back.

Chicken Base

While you can get small containers of soup bases at the store, you can get larger containers online at a better price. Available at Amazon and Redi-Base.

Beef Base

Ditto what I said about chicken base! Available at Amazon and Redi-Base.

Roasted Garlic Granules

Available at Amazon and Spices, Etc.

Roasted Garlic Powder

Available at Amazon. It used to be available at Spices, Etc., but it no longer is. I will update this if it comes back.

Ground Ancho Chiles

Available at Amazon, Penzeys, and Spices, Etc.

Garlic Garni

Available at Amazon and the Gilroy Garlic Festival website.