If you’ve ever baked cookies, there are certain things you know make a difference in how they bake. Different kinds of sugar, real butter vs. margarine, and even the right pan can make a difference in whether or not you get the perfect cookie as a result of your efforts. These baking charts will help you take your baking to the next level.

It’s important to use precise measurements when baking. When a recipe calls for 3/4 of a cup of flour, it doesn’t mean take a scoop of flour and hope it’s close. What if you follow food blogs from other parts of the world? All of a sudden you’re going to see measurements in grams instead. Do a quick search online and you’ll find a chart that will convert those recipe amounts effortlessly. Another measuring chart that would come in handy in your kitchen is one that cuts recipe measurements in half. No more figuring out the math if you keep one of those handy.

We talked about how different kinds of sugar can play a role in the outcome of your recipes. What if you don’t know what the different types of sugar are? This chart can make finding out which type of sugar would be best in which recipes. For example, confectioner’s sugar is the finest sugar of all and is most often used to make sweet glazes and icings.

If your goal is to make the perfect pie, there are charts to help you with that too! A quick internet search will pull up plenty of charts to teach you how to make every kind of pie imaginable. From apple to cherry, and pumpkin to pecan, you can be a pie baking pro in no time. If you want to make a fancy looking pie, there are even charts to teach you how to make different types of specialty crusts, like a lattice top crust.

Perhaps you’re just curious how exactly all those ingredients that get dumped into one bowl can come out tasting like something magical and yummy. If so, you’re in luck. There are charts out there that will teach you the science behind baking. These charts will show you that proteins are what make your baked goods stick together, and that leavening agents make your baked goods light and airy.

If you’ve already gotten the baking part down and are trying to figure out how to decorate your perfectly fluffy cake or delicious cookies – there’s a chart for that too! This chart will show you which color of food dyes to blend together to form any color of the rainbow your heart desires.

So no matter what your goal is in the kitchen, it’s likely that one quick Google search will render you plenty of results for charts that will have you cooking like a professional pastry chef in no time.