Do You Have Time For Baking?
It-s a common assumption that if you want to get into the world of baking your own homemade goodies, you need lots of spare time on your hands. There are some types of baking that are time consuming, but the truth is, you can whip out a huge array of baked goods in the time it takes you to get ready and out the door every morning, or right before bed at night. The tricks for baking on a time budget are planning ahead and choosing the right recipes.The whole story can be found at http://nancysrecipes.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/blackberry-peach-coffee-cake/
Before you get started, make certain that your work area is ready to go to. Gather the ingredients, mixing bowls, mixers, spoons, and other equipment you plan to use so that they are readily at hand. It may be helpful to set these things out the night before, and to have ingredients pre-measured and ready to go. Keep a list posted of ingredients you need to replace. It-s a time waster to start a cake and discover you-re nearly out of sugar.
Choosing the right recipes for you is the real time-saver. You don-t need hours to wait on quick-bread recipes to rise: the rising agent is baking powder or soda, hence the name “quick bread’. Muffins, custard pies, and many cookie recipes are meant especially for bakers with little time to spare. Hunt through old cookbooks for titles like “busy-day cake’, “7 minute frosting’, and “lazy-day coffee cake’. Modern families aren-t the first to be in a hurry: you too can make time out for baking almost any day.