We established earlier on that I am no Betty Crocker. While I haven't completely abandoned the idea of becoming a better cook, I'd prefer to put the focus on my one area of strength in the kitchen: baking.
OK, so I use the term "baking" very loosely. My idea of baking is using the stuff that comes in the red Betty Crocker box; adding eggs, oil, and water; stirring; and baking. I sometimes buy cookie dough, roll it into perfect 1" balls, and bake that as well. I try to make things "my own" by adding whatever candy or chocolate is on sale at CVS... Heath bars to brownies, mini Reese's to chocolate chip cookies, or Hershey's kisses to peanut butter cookies. I also keep my frosting gun handy, so I can decorate my cupcakes with pretty designs.
So, today, I decided to try my hand at baking from scratch... no red Betty Crocker box in sight. I decided not to try cakes, brownies, or cookies just yet... only because I probably couldn't handle eating an entire cake or batch of brownies or cookies by myself. During my lunch break, I googled
"easy blueberry muffin recipe." My search turned up hundreds of recipes; I filtered through by finding the recipe with the fewest number of ingredients: 8. After work, I went to Stop and Shop to pick up blueberries, baking powder, and milk... I already had flour, sugar, salt, eggs, and vegetable oil. Since I only have one mixing bowl, I had to use a pot for my "dry" ingredients and the mixing bowl for my "wet" ingredients. About 20 minutes later, I had the smell of fresh blueberry muffins made from scratch filling my kitchen. I ate two of the muffins after I had dinner, which probably means that the muffins were pretty decent for a first-timer.
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