I really love tips and tricks to make my life easier. Who doesn’t? Whether it is with organizing my kitchen or linen closet, to cleaning out my car, I love these little golden nuggets of wisdom I never would have thought of myself to make my life easier. Well, as I have tried to become a better baker, I have come across these really fun baking hacks, all of which I found very helpful! I hope you enjoy these as well and please feel free to share any of your own tips and tricks in the comments below.

· Eggshells in your bowl are sometimes inevitable. Soak your finger in water and place it next to the visible bits of broken shell. You’ll notice it will gravitate towards your finger allowing you to fish it out easily.

· Add frosting to cookies and cupcakes neatly and easily by using a syringe. Fill up a regular syringe with the frosting of your choice and start decorating.

· Cookies are best enjoyed moist and chewy. Make sure they stay like that by popping an apple wedge into your cookie jar when storing them.

· Impress family and friends with the most intricate pastry frosting—take a piece of lace and place it on top of your cake. Sprinkle confectioner’s sugar it. Lift the lace off gently.

· The easiest way to make swirly frosting? Fit two bags in one icing tip and squeeze away.

· Wine bottles make great rolling pin substitutes.

· If your pie crust recipe calls for a smaller pan but you don’t have one available, take your available pan and mold a piece of tin foil along one side. Once it follows the shape of the pan, use it to border your crust.

· Keep your cake moist while in storage by placing a piece of bread on top of it.

· How to bake a cake 101. Before placing your cake in the oven, drop your cake pan to get the air bubbles out. This ensures your cake will bake evenly in the oven. Same thing for cookies, but do it as soon as your cookies are done. Drop the cookie sheet to allow them to settle.

· No muffin tins or cupcake tins? Use the lids of your mason jar and prop a muffin liner on top.

· Skewer a paper plate through your handheld electric mixer to avoid splatters.

· Did you know you can make your own sugar sprinkles with just food coloring, white sugar and a rolling pin?

· Cake decorating with no pastry bag? Fill a Ziploc bag with frosting or icing and make a small incision in the corner to use as an easy substitute.

· Tying a wet fabric strip around the pan’s exterior will give you perfectly even cake layers so you don’t have to cut off the top to flatten them out.

· If you need to spray non-stick cooking spray on a muffin pan or cake tin, do so over the open door of your dishwasher. This minimizes the need to clean up the cooking spray across your kitchen counter.

· Did you know that you can use Jell-O as a frosting substitute when you’re out of food coloring?

· Brown sugar is healthier, but also harder to work with. If your stock has turned hard, pop it in the microwave and place a wet paper towel over it. Nuke for 20 seconds.

· Avoid brown sugar from getting hard again by storing it with a slice of bread.

· Pop oats in the food processor and process until smooth. This gives you your own homemade batch of gluten-free flour.