Ever since I was a young whipper snapper running around my neighborhood streets in the early 2000s, I have had a huge affinity and passion for baking. I guess that you could say it all started with the way my mom loved to bake as well. Ever since I was little, I could always find my mom baking up something absolutely scrumptious in the kitchen. First, I only liked baking because I could always eat the yummy treats that came from all the hard work of baking. After a while, however, I began to appreciate baking simply because of the process of getting all the ingredients together, measuring out the ingredients carefully, and being able to create something really delicious. The best part about baking is no doubt the fact that you can spend a lot of time with other people that you love. For me, baking has always been a great way for me to spend time with my mother. Like I mentioned above, my mom has always been really into baking, and oftentimes I would find her in the kitchen making various cakes, cookies, pies, pastries, and other sweet treats. Sometimes she would bake things in the evenings after school, and other times she would bake things in the early mornings and afternoons on the weekends. Either way, one thing was for certain; there was always something in the oven at my house that I could simply not wait to eat.

One of my favorite parts about baking was going to the store to pick out the certain ingredients that we would need for that day. The best time to go to the grocery store was after school, usually because my mom would agree to buy me an after school snack like a donut from the grocery store bakery. The grocery store bakery in my hometown has the best donuts. Anyways, when I went to the grocery store with my mom after school, we would look for specific ingredients that my mom would need to bake our next sweet treat. One thing that I really enjoyed about going to the grocery store to pick out ingredients is that my mom would let me pick out the candy boxes and type of sugar that we would be using. Especially when making things like cookies, my mom would do me the honor of letting me choose which candy boxes would be used in creating the recipe. This gave me a lot of joy because it would make me feel like I was contributing a lot to the baking process, and there is honestly not a better feeling than that right there.

With all that being said, I no longer bake in my free time now that I am more grown up. I think it could be said that a lot of the reason for this is that I simply do not have the time or energy to bake on my own anymore. During the weekdays, I usually find myself very busy with work and taking care of things around the house and completing my daily responsibilities. In addition to this, I usually have things going most weekends and therefore do not have time to bake on the weekends either. Either way, I will always have a special place in my heart for baking with my mother.

Ever since I was a young whipper snapper running around my neighborhood streets in the early 2000s, I have had a huge affinity and passion for baking. I guess that you could say it all started with the way my mom loved to bake as well. Ever since I was little, I could always find my mom baking up something absolutely scrumptious in the kitchen. First, I only liked baking because I could always eat the yummy treats that came from all the hard work of baking. After a while, however, I began to appreciate baking simply because of the process of getting all the ingredients together, measuring out the ingredients carefully, and being able to create something really delicious. The best part about baking is no doubt the fact that you can spend a lot of time with other people that you love. For me, baking has always been a great way for me to spend time with my mother. Like I mentioned above, my mom has always been really into baking, and oftentimes I would find her in the kitchen making various cakes, cookies, pies, pastries, and other sweet treats. Sometimes she would bake things in the evenings after school, and other times she would bake things in the early mornings and afternoons on the weekends. Either way, one thing was for certain; there was always something in the oven at my house that I could simply not wait to eat.

One of my favorite parts about baking was going to the store to pick out the certain ingredients that we would need for that day. The best time to go to the grocery store was after school, usually because my mom would agree to buy me an after school snack like a donut from the grocery store bakery. The grocery store bakery in my hometown has the best donuts. Anyways, when I went to the grocery store with my mom after school, we would look for specific ingredients that my mom would need to bake our next sweet treat. One thing that I really enjoyed about going to the grocery store to pick out ingredients is that my mom would let me pick out the candy boxes and type of sugar that we would be using. Especially when making things like cookies, my mom would do me the honor of letting me choose which candy boxes would be used in creating the recipe. This gave me a lot of joy because it would make me feel like I was contributing a lot to the baking process, and there is honestly not a better feeling than that right there.

With all that being said, I no longer bake in my free time now that I am more grown up. I think it could be said that a lot of the reason for this is that I simply do not have the time or energy to bake on my own anymore. During the weekdays, I usually find myself very busy with work and taking care of things around the house and completing my daily responsibilities. In addition to this, I usually have things going most weekends and therefore do not have time to bake on the weekends either. Either way, I will always have a special place in my heart for baking with my mother.

Ever since I was a young whipper snapper running around my neighborhood streets in the early 2000s, I have had a huge affinity and passion for baking. I guess that you could say it all started with the way my mom loved to bake as well. Ever since I was little, I could always find my mom baking up something absolutely scrumptious in the kitchen. First, I only liked baking because I could always eat the yummy treats that came from all the hard work of baking. After a while, however, I began to appreciate baking simply because of the process of getting all the ingredients together, measuring out the ingredients carefully, and being able to create something really delicious. The best part about baking is no doubt the fact that you can spend a lot of time with other people that you love. For me, baking has always been a great way for me to spend time with my mother. Like I mentioned above, my mom has always been really into baking, and oftentimes I would find her in the kitchen making various cakes, cookies, pies, pastries, and other sweet treats. Sometimes she would bake things in the evenings after school, and other times she would bake things in the early mornings and afternoons on the weekends. Either way, one thing was for certain; there was always something in the oven at my house that I could simply not wait to eat.

One of my favorite parts about baking was going to the store to pick out the certain ingredients that we would need for that day. The best time to go to the grocery store was after school, usually because my mom would agree to buy me an after school snack like a donut from the grocery store bakery. The grocery store bakery in my hometown has the best donuts. Anyways, when I went to the grocery store with my mom after school, we would look for specific ingredients that my mom would need to bake our next sweet treat. One thing that I really enjoyed about going to the grocery store to pick out ingredients is that my mom would let me pick out the candy boxes and type of sugar that we would be using. Especially when making things like cookies, my mom would do me the honor of letting me choose which candy boxes would be used in creating the recipe. This gave me a lot of joy because it would make me feel like I was contributing a lot to the baking process, and there is honestly not a better feeling than that right there.

With all that being said, I no longer bake in my free time now that I am more grown up. I think it could be said that a lot of the reason for this is that I simply do not have the time or energy to bake on my own anymore. During the weekdays, I usually find myself very busy with work and taking care of things around the house and completing my daily responsibilities. In addition to this, I usually have things going most weekends and therefore do not have time to bake on the weekends either. Either way, I will always have a special place in my heart for baking with my mother.