The Best Way To Clean An Oven Is Easy And Gross

The holiday season exacts a heavy toll on the humble oven. Turkeys that splatter grease everywhere, gratins that bubble over leaving burning cheese behind, the cranberry upside-down cake you put in the wrong kind of pan and ended up with cranberry upside-down goo all over the place. When a mess happens in your oven,…

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Author: Jolie Kerr on The Inventory, shared by Ana Suarez to Lifehacker

Put Royal Icing in Sauce Bottles for Easier Decorating

Decorating Christmas cookies is an activity I desperately want to enjoy, but my lack of fine motor skills and short attention span make it difficult. Filling—and then using—a piping bag is also pretty terrible. There is no hack for instilling artistic talent into these talentless hands, but a squeeze-able sauce bottle

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Author: Claire Lower on Skillet, shared by Claire Lower to Lifehacker

How to Parent like a Starfleet Officer

Sometimes, when your toddler is throwing a fit because they asked for a banana and then you give them a banana, and the thought might cross your mind: Who or what is this irrational being sitting before me? It’s like I’m dealing with an alien life form that can’t adapt to its new environment. That is when it’s time to…

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Author: Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Meghan Moravcik Walbert to Lifehacker