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  • bowl of homemade Cheez-its

    Homemade Cheez-Its

    01 hour 52 minutes
  • a perfect Biscoff brownie with a bite taken out on a small white plate

    Biscoff Brownies

    71 hour 57 minutes
  • a slice of chocolate peanut butter cake standing tall on a white plate with a fork

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

    657 minutes
  • a single tall zucchini apple muffin on a white surface

    Zucchini Apple Muffins

    131 hour 10 minutes

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  • bowl of homemade Cheez-its

    Homemade Cheez-Its

    01 hour 52 minutes
  • a perfect Biscoff brownie with a bite taken out on a small white plate

    Biscoff Brownies

    71 hour 57 minutes
  • a slice of chocolate peanut butter cake standing tall on a white plate with a fork

    Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

    657 minutes
  • a single tall zucchini apple muffin on a white surface

    Zucchini Apple Muffins

    131 hour 10 minutes
  • soft bakery-style chocolate chip cookies placed on baking sheet

    I Tested Thousands of Chocolate Chip Cookies (here’s what I found)

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  • several Oreo brownies cut into perfect squares on a light marble surface

    Oreo Brownies

    1145 minutes
  • One hand holding a thick chocolate raspberry truffle cookie, with more cookies and raspberries on the background surface

    Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cookies

    72 hours 30 minutes
  • homemade blueberry sauce being spooned into a glass jar

    Blueberry Sauce

    49 minutes
  • overhead view of a slice of blueberry lemon icebox cake on a plate with a fork

    Blueberry Lemon Icebox Cake

    46 hours 38 minutes
  • close-up of Tessa pulling apart gooey brown butter rice crispy treats

    Summer Desserts That Handle the Heat

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  • many chocolate cookies & cream cookies on a marble surface

    Chocolate Cookies & Cream Cookies

    3358 minutes
  • What to Bake When Summer Fruit Takes Over

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Hi, I’m Tessa!

I hope you enjoy my collection of over 1,000 (and growing!) triple-tested recipes.

My cookie recipes have been known to garner marriage proposals (seriously!) and my beloved brownie recipes have been ranked as some of the best on the internet.

The Best Part?

Every recipe undergoes rigorous testing and uses the 7-Step Handle the Heat Method to ensure it’s practically failproof so you can bake confidently and get compliment-winning results every time! 

At Handle the Heat, you’ll not only get recipes that work flawlessly, but you’ll also find in-depth articles on baking basics and the Science of Baking. Because when you know how baking works, you can bake fearlessly all the time! 

At Handle the Heat, you’ll not only get recipes that work flawlessly, but you’ll also find in-depth articles on baking basics and the Science of Baking.

Because when you know how baking works, you can bake fearlessly all the time!