No-Mess Baking
For no-mess baking, grease your measuring cups before pouring in honey, molasses, or corn syrup.
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Sweeter Sweet Potatoes
For sweeter sweet potatoes, choose ones with darker skins.
Tomato stains
Tomato stains? Soak the spot in vinegar before washing.
Fish Odor
To remove fish odors from hands, wash them in one teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in one quart of water.
Make Your Own Brown Sugar
Make your own brown sugar: Use a 1/2 cup of molasses per cup of sugar for dark or a 1/4
Cook Potatoes Faster
For faster cooking, soak potatoes in saltwater before baking.
Fruit & Vegetable Scrubber
Keep a clean soft toothbrush around the kitchen to clean mushrooms, lemons, limes, and string beans.
Better Bread Baking Tip
When baking bread, set a small dish of water in the oven to help keep the crust from getting too
Gelatin Secret
Do not use fresh or frozen pineapple in gelatin recipes, as the gelatin will not set. (You can use canned
