Picture this, you are standing in the kitchen baking a ton of Christmas goodies. You have sheet upon sheet of cookies waiting to cool before you take them off the pan when *BAM* you realize you have no free cooling racks.. What do you do? Well not to worry, I have a few ideas...
Use and empty egg carton.
Close the carton and turn it upside down, ta-da, instant cooling rack. A lovely trick I stumbled upon when I had 4 cakes cooling and no empty rack for the next one.
An empty toilet paper tube cut in half.
Yes, I know it sounds kinda strange. However, I have done it and it works just fine. And besides, its not like we all don't have a ton of these that we toss on a daily basis, right?
Don't have and empty toilet paper tube? Use a paper towel tube, or a wrapping paper tube. Yes, there will be more cutting involved, but it will still get the job done.
Dish towels.
Roll 2 dish towels into a tight log, and put one at each end of the pan.
Got a toaster oven?
Take the rack out of it and place it on top of a heat resistant dish of some sort (like a frying pan or sauce pan).
Soup cans.
Ok, so it doesn't have to be soup, but grab 4 cans of whatever and place one at each corner.
If you're not cooking on the stove top, remove the burner grates and sit them on the counter. Put a Hot pan holder on it for more grip.
Hope these tips help you on your baking endeavors. Happy cooking!
