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  • slice of brown butter carrot cake on a plate with a fork

    Brown Butter Carrot Cake

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  • slice of chocolate cream pie being removed from pie plate

    Chocolate Cream Pie

    108 hours 23 minutes
  • a small bread plate with a honey butter roll on top, a small bowl of honey with a honeycomb behind it, and more plated rolls

    Salted Honey Butter Rolls

    63 hours 15 minutes
  • high-quality chocolate in the process of tempering

    How to Temper Chocolate

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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.

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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! 

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  • slice of brown butter carrot cake on a plate with a fork

    Brown Butter Carrot Cake

    2661 hour 10 minutes
  • slice of chocolate cream pie being removed from pie plate

    Chocolate Cream Pie

    108 hours 23 minutes
  • a small bread plate with a honey butter roll on top, a small bowl of honey with a honeycomb behind it, and more plated rolls

    Salted Honey Butter Rolls

    63 hours 15 minutes
  • high-quality chocolate in the process of tempering

    How to Temper Chocolate

    14525 minutes
  • a bowl of buttercream made with natural cocoa powder on the left, and the same size bowl of buttercream made with Dutch process cocoa powder on the right

    Natural Cocoa vs. Dutch-Process Cocoa Powder

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  • slice of tall chocolate cake on a plate with a fork and a small bowl of rainbow sprinkles in the background

    Best Chocolate Cake

    3892 hours 27 minutes
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    Lemon Pound Cake Loaf

    5951 hour 25 minutes
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  • slices of homemade chocolate bundt cake on a serving platter

    Chocolate Bundt Cake

    381 hour 20 minutes
  • red velvet cupcake with a bite taken out so you can see the moist interior and the smooth cream cheese frosting.

    Red Velvet Cupcakes

    16335 minutes
  • pretzel buns on a parchment lined tray with a bowl of pretzel salt

    Pretzel Buns

    62 hours 15 minutes
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    Baking Soda vs. Baking Powder

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