Baking
A lot of people like to bake. Baking is a good hobby for anyone not matter how young or old you are. Kids, of course, should be supervised while baking. But baking is fun for children as well as adults. Not only they say that baking is therapeutic but you get to bake what you love and you get to eat it too.
Baking as a hobby
For many people baking is a real hobby and they like to bake whenever they have time. Some bake daily while others may bake every week or whenever they have time. If you have a big family, baking can be a good family activity. You can bake something that smell great for your home and have food for the entire family. It is also a good way to save money because you will not have to buy lots of cookies for everyone. You can also sell some of your baked goods for fundraising or making a little extra spending cash.

What is baking?
Baking is the technique of prolonged cooking of food by dry heat acting by convection, and not by radiation, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones.
What can you bake?
Most people bake:
- bread,
- cakes,
- pastries and pies,
- tarts,
- quiches, and
- cookies.
These items are called “baked goods,” and are usually sold at a bakery or bakery section of grocery stores. A person who prepares baked goods as a profession is called a baker.
You can also bake:
- baked potatoes,
- baked apples,
- baked beans,
- some pasta dishes such as lasagna, and
- various other foods, such as the pretzel.
Many commercial ovens are provided with two heating elements:
- one for baking, using convection and conduction to heat the food, and
- one for broiling or grilling, heating mainly by radiation.
Meat may be baked, but is more often roasted, a similar process, using higher temperatures and shorter cooking times.
The baking process does not add any fat to the product, and producers of snack products such as potato chips are also beginning to replace the process of deep-frying with baking in order to reduce the fat content of their products. This makes baking a healthy process of making delicious food and, therefore, a great hobby!
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