Baking is Whisk-y Business: Introduction to my Learning Project

After LOTS of consideration, I have decided to learn how to bake for my learning project. I wanted to choose something that I have interest in and want to improve my skills in. I love watching baking videos and searching for recipes but I never have the time to actually bake. This learning project is about more than having the time to bake now. I want to take the time to carefully follow recipes. I am definitely known for mishaps when baking and cooking…take a look at my failed brownies picture for proof! Baking is something I want to start doing, as I really haven’t done it. I think I need to start off with something simple, like finding the best chocolate chip cookie recipe. Throughout my learning project, I want to show my progress by learning how to make a variety of things like cookies, cakes, muffins, and pies. I want to find recipes that I have never heard of before. I want to take spin on certain recipes and find some that are not super basic. For instance, maybe instead of making banana bread, I can make banana muffins or bars instead. 

I am very successful when it comes to making no-bake desserts! I am hoping that the time given to complete my learning project will help me go one step further and learn how to actually bake.

I am hoping to bake 1-3 times a week. This will include trying to perfect recipes if they don’t quite turn out (which is very likely to happen). I am going to share my baking with my friends and family, so this learning project will really benefit everyone around me! I am going to choose a new source each week to find my recipes. These recipes will come from youtube videos, Instagram/Facebook, Tikok, apps, websites, pinterest, etc. I plan on documenting my progress through writing, pictures, and videos.

So far, I have started my journey by researching different things to bake, as well as finding different sources. I asked my family what I should bake, as they will be the ones eating most of it! I am currently making a grocery list of everything I need to get started! Next week I am moving from an apartment with no oven, into my new house that actually has an oven (even if it is a small apartment style oven). I think this change will get me super excited to start my learning. I think the one thing I will always keep in mind throughout this process, is that making mistakes is not a bad thing. Trial and error! I do not have much experience with baking, so any type of practice just brings me closer to gaining this skill!