How to Make and Use a Double Boiler

This article will tell you how to easily make a double boiler at home. If you have never heard of or used a double boiler before, please refer to the picture for an example. Making a double boiler is a quick and easy process and it's just as easy to use.

In most cases, a double boiler is used to melt or heat food items without applying direct heat and or scorching the item you're heating. The most common example of this would be melting chocolate so that it can either be poured over other food items or items can be dipped in it such as pretzels, peanuts, marshmallows, raisins, etc., in order to make chocolate covered candy and desserts.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 large pot
• 1 smaller pot
• water

1. To get started making a double boiler, the first things you will need are two pots. The pots must be different in size. As you can see from the picture in this article, one pot must be able to fit inside the other pot.

2. Once you have two different sized pots, fill the larger pot half full with water and place it on the stove.

3. Then turn the stove on and bring the water to a steady boil.

4. When the water begins to boil, place the smaller pot inside the larger pot. This is what's called a double boiler and you can now add the food item that you want to heat to the smaller pot and begin heating without fear of scorching it. That's all there is to it.