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5 Reasons Why Baking Is Cool

November 26, 2015 by still a dreamer

Baking for some of us is an expression of creativity, a passion, or a simple pleasure. Personally I wish I had more time to bake, but when I do, I am reminded of the numerous perks of baking besides the obvious. Here are a few:

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5. Baking is a license to make a mess. We sometimes need permission to let that super-neat side go, (or that hyper-critical side that’s always complaining that we’re not being neat enough.) There’s nothing like poufs of flour and drooling egg whites on the counter to remind us that messy can often serve the higher power of creativity.

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4. It ends up being a great time to give our prep counters a thorough cleaning, a corollary to #5 above.

3. Baking is also an ideal opportunity to take stock of our pantry and insure that we don’t run out of the staples we need when our next baking impulse strikes.

2. Baking makes the house smell fabulous.

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1. The most obvious reason why baking is cool:

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Yum! We get to enjoy something truly delicious that came from our own two hands which is wholesome and free of all the extra and unnecessary additives of store-bought.

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Pictured here are Apple Buttermilk Muffins. I made 6 large muffins rather than 12 small, used pecans instead of walnuts, and I used the Macoun apples I already had in the house. It all added up to a treat worth savoring.

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Posted in Creativity, food, Home Stuff, Just Fun, Life, Photography | Tagged apple buttermilk muffins, baked from scratch, Baking, baking from scratch, food, homemade, muffins | 6 Comments

6 Responses

  1. on November 26, 2015 at 4:23 pm home, garden, life

    Yummy! You go girl…Happy Holidays to you and Jazzy! 😉

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    • on November 27, 2015 at 9:39 am still a dreamer

      Hey Diane! Thanks for stopping in – I’d share if we lived closer. 🙂
      And Happy Holidays to you, too. Hope you’re taking a little downtime for yourself.

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      • on November 27, 2015 at 10:15 am home, garden, life

        I’ll get plenty of down time when I die…;-)

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        • on November 27, 2015 at 10:40 am still a dreamer

          Always true, but a little RnR also recharges our batteries so we can hop back to whatever-it-is like the Energizer bunny! Most women I know have a hard time giving it to ourselves.

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          • on November 27, 2015 at 4:47 pm home, garden, life

            I did take an epsom salt bubble bath last night…does that count? 😉

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          • on November 27, 2015 at 4:58 pm still a dreamer

            I’d say BIG time! Baths are a real luxury – good for you.

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