Lessons in Baking

If you have paid attention to my blog at all, you know that I love L-O-V-E love baking! This summer has been no exception in my baking, although I've had to pick and choose when I bake due to the heat of summer. Here are a few things I have learned in my experiments and pictures of why I learned these lessons.

1) Be sure to check the oven before preheating.

So much for the left over corn bread!

2) Always measure butter correctly.

I'll just say that these "cookies" were not presentable for the party that night. I ended up making another batch with the correct amount of butter.

3) There are baking times for a reason!

These are my experimental peanut butter & chocolate brownies that I took out of the oven too early, causing the middle to be gooey, gooey, gooey.

4) Chocolate Sauce makes desserts look pretty.

Now, doesn't that look pretty? It certainly was before I ate it! Yum!

While I was visiting with my grandpa tonight, I learned that his mother loved to bake. I'm beginning to think baking is in my blood! Or it could have something to do with the name she and I share. Perhaps her love of baking was passed to me when I received her name! Regardless of where my love of baking came from, I am determined to embrace and develop my relationship with baking!