8 of the best ways to upgrade a box of brownie mix, from a professional baker

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As a professional baker, I've learned a lot of easy ways to upgrade a box of brownie mix.

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8 ways to make cookies from a store-bought dough or mix taste homemade and look gourmet

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With the right tricks, cookies you make from a mix can taste homemade.

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I'm a baker who tried to find the best store-bought pumpkin pie. Out of 4 desserts, there are only 2 I'd buy again.

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Four slices of pie on clear-glass plates, in rows of two. The plates sit on a light-brown table with a serving utensil to the left of them.
I compared desserts from Safeway, Costco, Kroger, and Walmart to find the best store-bought pumpkin pie.

Molly Allen

I'm a professional baker. I tried chocolate-chip cookies from Costco, Walmart, Kroger, and Safeway to find the best.

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I compared chocolate-chip cookies from popular chain's bakery sections.

Alana Al-Hatlani

I'm a professional baker. I made 5 brands of boxed brownie mix to see which is the best.

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I used my expertise as a professional baker to rank brownie mixes from five different brands.

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Doctor Who's Big Regeneration Twist Means Everything and Nothing

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In contemporary fandom, canon is king. This is not a jab against an admiration of an ordered continuity and worldbuilding, the necessary aspects of creating a story to be lost in.

First Look at Last of Us and Stranger Things Houses at Halloween Horror Nights

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Brace yourself for the terrors of the Upside Down from

The Government's Secret Footage of Nuclear Tests Is Still Eerie Decades Later

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Christopher Nolan’s new movie Oppenheimer, eponymously named after the creator of the atomic bomb, has renewed public interest in America’s dark history with nuclear weapons.

I used to work as a chef in Philadelphia. Here are the 12 restaurants I always recommend to first-time visitors.

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The skyline of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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