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DIY Cold Slab for Pastry- and Candy-Making
If you have a hot kitchen and/or don't have a marble slab for pastry- and candy-making, here's a simple hack to keep your ingredients cold using a common kitchen item.
How to Freeze Bananas—For Smoothies & Baking
Don't toss those overripe bananas! Throw them in the freezer instead so you always have ripe bananas on hand for baking or smoothies. Use this simple tip for a less-mess, faster way to freeze and thaw bananas.
How to Make a Frosting Dam for a Filled Layer Cake
A frosting dam helps keep your filled layer cakes looking clean and professional. Here's the simple technique to make a frosting dam when assembling and decorating cakes.
An Easy Way to Stabilize a Layer Cake for Decorating
Assembling and decorating a layer cake can be challenging, especially if your cake is slipping and slidding around when you frost it! Here's a super-simple tip to keep your cake stabilized—plus it helps make cutting the cake easier.
How to Neatly Cut Through Meringue
Meringue can be a challenge—it sticks to your knife and tears, usually messing up your beautiful pie or cake. While it's still tasty, try this quick trick to cut through meringue cleanly every time, leaving perfect slices of pie or cake to serve.
Use a Tea Infusion Spoon as a Flour or Sugar Shaker
A tea infusion spoon/ball may seem like just another unitasker in the kitchen, but with this quick baking tip, you can use it for more tasks.
Use Toothpaste to Polish Silver
Company was on its way, and you need to polish some silver STAT! Pull that toothpaste out of the bathroom and put it to use in another way with this simple tip.
DIY Pie Crust Shield
Do your pie crust edges brown too fast? You can certainly buy a pie crust shield, but they can be hard to arrange on top of the pie and sometimes don't fit. You can make a DIY version that's sure to fit any pie! See this simple tip to make a DIY pie crust shield.
How to Whisk By Hand Without Wearing Yourself Out
Some recipes require extended periods of whisking, such as hollandaise or when making whipped cream by hand. Use this easy tip to whisk by hand with fewer tired hands and sore muscles.
The Many Uses for a Grapefruit Spoon
Looking for new ways to use this previous unitasker? The sharply serrated edges come in handy for quite a few kitchen tasks. Check out our tips for other ways to use a grapefruit spoon.
The Mess-Free Way to Pour Liquids into Resealable Bags
Need an extra hand to pour stocks, sauces, soups and other liquids into bags to freeze? Use this tip for mess-free pouring to help!
Use a Fork to Decorate Cookies-No Special Tools Required!
For quick and easy cookie decorating, turn to your silverware drawer! Use a fork to drizzle and drip glazes and frostings on desserts—no special decorating tools required!
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Raspberry-Banana Pudding
Try this fruity new spin on the classic summertime sweet.
Strawberry Pretzel Tart
Use the leftover strawberries from making the syrup to dollop on ice cream.
Frozen Berry Swirl Sheet Cake
No time to make the raspberry sauce? No worries. Use ¾ cup seedless raspberry jam mixed with ¼ cup water instead of the homemade sauce.
Shoestring Okra
These little strips of fried okra get tossed in a homemade lemon pepper seasoning; serve this dish right away, as the okra will lose its crispness if it sits too long.
Cashew Chicken-Stuffed Peppers
Takeout lovers, rejoice! The classic tastes of cashew chicken and rice are cooked into the perfect serving size in this addictive recipe.
Greek Stuffed Peppers with Lamb
Israeli couscous, zesty lemon, and tangy feta cheese mix with the flavors of lamb to create a satisfying, well-rounded meal.
Shrimp Chiles Rellenos
Get ready for your family to request this dish over and over again. Fresh shrimp and melted Monterey Jack cheese make for an irresistible dinner.
Squash and Feta Frittata with Za’atar
Za’atar is a savory Middle Eastern spice blend of herbs and sesame seeds. Ground sumac adds earthy tartness and herbal notes to the classic mix.
All-Butter Pie Dough
Summer’s Bounty Potato Salad
This veggie-packed potato salad is a must-make side for your next potluck.
Ultimate Tomato Pie
This pie lets garden-fresh tomatoes shine.