If you love food but you’re regrettably not a wizard, “youre supposed to” stick with cooking and leave cooking to the pros. Cooking the cakes, brownies, and cookies that build the world a better place takes skill and precision( neither of which I have when I step into a kitchen ).

Not only do your ingredients have to be measured perfectly, but they also have to be the right temperature. If a recipe calls for room-temperature butter, for example, you’d better not add some cold butter and hope for the best. The next time you mix all of your dry ingredients and discover that your butter is still hanging out in the refrigerator, grab a glass and give this trick a try.

This tip is perfect because heating butter up in the microwave would build the ingredient style too hot. And it’ll be great the next time I try( and fail) to cook cookies and I abruptly lose all ability to put steps in a logical order.

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