How to Melt Chocolate With a Hairdryer and Other Baking Hacks

Have your prior attempts at holiday baking led to mixer mishaps, mismeasurements, charred chocolate and burnt brownies? Some of us simply aren’t born with the enviable pastry chef gene, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still make a decadent dessert. Use the follow ingenious baking hacks, tips, and tricks to make your life easier this holiday season. In no time you’ll be churning out cookies, cakes, and pies so impressive no one will ever suspect you used a microwave … or a hairdryer. You’re welcome.

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