Baking Week 1

Friday, May 21

Ben Bockmann


    Originally, I wanted to do general cooking for this project, but I decided to narrow the scope of the project and focus just on baking. I chose this project because baking has always seemed like a fun activity with tasty rewards, but its something that I have never excelled at doing. I hope that over the course of the next few
weeks, I can grow both my knowledge and skillset surrounding baking. Another reason that I chose this project was because I wanted to make something tangible, and baking does just that.

    Although I'm doing this project solo, I've taken some inspiration from the Great British Baking Show, which is a baking contest show on Netflix. I started off this week with baking bread and a cake, and over the next few weeks I will move on to more complex recipes, such as biscuits, flavored breads, pretzels, and maybe even danishes or tarts.

      
    This project has been fairly easy to pull together. I rummaged through my kitchen and found the necessary baking tins in which to cook the bread, and I went to the store to pick up yeast and canola oil. We already had the rest of the ingredients, so my prep was easier than I expected. 

My goals for this project: 
        1. Expand my knowledge of baked goods 
        2. Improve my baking skills to the point that things turn out well (not burnt, over/under cooked, or poorly seasoned)
        3. Understand how changing parts of a recipe will change the outcome 

Comments

  1. MateercMay 22, 2021 at 4:13 PM

    Love this, Ben! So fun! Congrats on post #1. I'm looking fwd to reading up on your project and following your posts. Good luck!
    - Chris

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  2. AnonymousMay 22, 2021 at 9:36 PM

    Ben, you're killing it! Those loaves look so good!

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  3. AnonymousMay 24, 2021 at 11:13 AM

    Let's GOOOO. #carbs4dayz

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  4. UnknownMay 25, 2021 at 8:56 AM

    Great first post! Can't wait to hear about/see your progression along the way. Keep it coming!

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  5. AnonymousMay 25, 2021 at 9:24 AM

    What beautiful loaves, Benjamin! Productive rummaging!

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    1. AnonymousMay 31, 2021 at 4:26 PM

      Thanks, Catherine! You'll be delighted to know that the rummaging continued.

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