SOFTEN BUTTER IN SECONDS……If your’ ready to start your recipe, but have forgotten to take your butter out of the fridge, thinly slice the amount you need and lay out the pieces on a plate at room temperature. The butter will soft by the time you have measured the dry ingredients.
CLEAN YOU HANDS QUICKLY…..kneading dough for pies or biscuits in fun, but getting it off you hands when you’re finished can be a chore. To speed it up, rub your hands with cornmeal and give them a brief rinse. The dough will come right off.
MEASURING WITHOUT MESS….Working with peanut butter, molasses, honey and other sticky substances can be slow, especially when you’re using a spatula to get every bit into you mixing bow. If you lightly mist you measuring cups with cooking spray beforehand, even the gooiest ingredients will slide out.
SPEARATE EGGS WITH EASE….Use a plastic bag to help separate whites from yolks. Simply snip a small corner off the bag, place it in a glass to contain the white and careful crack you egg into it. The white slips through the hole into the glass while the yolk stays in the bag.
