At 7-years-old, I didn’t know the difference between baking soda and baking powder.
If you have known me for more than a month, you might have tasted my chocolate chip cookies or one of my cupcakes. I hope it was good, after all, I’ve been baking since I was 7-years-old, that’s 16 years of mixing, stirring and folding.
My obsessions have come and gone, but the reason for baking has always stayed the same. When I started baking I mostly made cakes and brownies, then I moved to cake pops for a few years, then moved back to mini cupcakes, then to cookies, and now I’m stuck on pies and pastries. There isn’t much rhyme or reason to what I bake, I don’t always bake things I want to eat. Sometimes, I’m baking to challenge myself. All of the time, I’m baking to share.
I didn’t love baking for the act of baking, at least not at first. My love for baking stems from seeing the joy on someone’s face when they see or bite into a delicious chocolate chip cookie. Sure, cooking a lovely meal and sharing it with friends or family is wonderful, but I’m a college student and I don’t make meals to share very often. I’m usually cooking for one or two. I prefer baking because it allows me to share magic with several friends, family members, even strangers.
Do you want to add some Disney Magic into your life? Bake a simple batch of cookies and give them to friends, to family, yes, even to strangers.
What sweets are you craving? Let me know!
See ya real soon,
Annie
Annie Proctor 