Spray a small amount of vegetable oil on your knife before cutting a pie with a soft filling. This will stop the filling from sticking to the knife.
Leftover peas, carrots, potatoes, corn, onions, green beans, celery? Just store in a container, in your freezer, and use when making a soup or stew.
To cream butter and sugar quickly, rinse the bowl with boiling water first.
For evenly sized cookies that bake perfectly every time, use a 3/4-ounce scoop to measure and shape the cookie dough at the same time. It's quicker than spooning the dough, and the cookies turn out great.
Cinnamon sugar can be made by combining 1 cup sugar and 3 tablespoon ground cinnamon together, and keep in an airtight container. When you need some, simply measure out the desired amount called for in the recipe. Also, it is great on toast.
When measuring out solid shortening or peanut butter for recipes, line your measuring cup with plastic wrap and form it to the inside of the cup. Measure the required amount in the cup then just lift the edges of the wrap and dump into the mixing bowl. Toss the plastic wrap and there's no other clean up.
To easily hull strawberries, take a sturdy plastic straw and center it at the bottom of the strawberry. Push the straw up towards the cap of the strawberry keeping the straw centered. The core and cap will come off in one easy motion.
When making a white angel food cake, 'dress' it up a little bit. You can buy a confetti cake mix, but that limits your creativity. In the baking section, of your grocers, you can purchase cookie toppings. Just add 1/8 cup of one of these toppings. And now, I saw where there are 'seasonal' toppings.
      
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