Why Best Baking Tips?

My own mother inspired best baking tips. An avid cook and baker, Mom ensured her daughters and son learned the skills, too.

I grew up in a family where every child learned to cook and bake in much the same way that we learn to walk and talk, right by Mom’s side. My mother was a fantastic baker of almost all types of foods. Her breads won first place each year at the county fair. Each year, friends and family received special baked goods including Christmas breads for the holidays. She even found a willing market to sell breads to earn a bit extra money for our family.

While I just assumed everyone grew up like I did with plenty of kitchen time with mom, I later learned that was not the case. In fact, many people have never experienced the enjoyment of mixing flour with other ingredients and producing homemade cookies, breads, and pastries. I was amazed when so many of my college friends had never baked at all.

With my own family, the story is much the same as when I was a child. Each child was encouraged to help in the kitchen. And most went on to enter baked goods at our county and district fairs, competitions they often won. In fact, two of my sons invented the “magic oven” concept to allow them to do demonstrations of baked foods. Our younger daughter used the concept, too.