I enjoy baking. I actually enjoy cooking as a whole, but baking works really well for me. It’s the process of making dough or pastry. I could do roasts too but bakes are just fun to watch and in to prep.
There was a time where all we had to cook with was an air fryer. So I made cookies one at a time. I would start at 9pm and end at 2-3am.
Tonight I started at 1040 and ended by 12. I’ve got about 20-30 cookies and I’m definitely sure I need to work out for the amount of cookies I will be having.
Working with an air fryer sucks. One at a time, there’s a max temp of about 200 degrees Celsius. It’s not very well balanced heat. And it was just so tedious to remove the components every time just for one cookie. But I still had fun and I really baked a lot.
But in a similar amount of time, I’ve baked a lot less since having an oven.
When I was young, I remember spending a lot of time wishing I could do X Y Z on whatever I had. I wanted to be able to draw, I thought having fountain pens were cool, I wanted a vinyl player and vinyls to play on said playet.
I got those things over time. I worked hard for the skills to draw and to sketch. I spent time learning about pens and seeing what I really enjoyed and what was truly worth me trying to get. I amassed my vinyl collection over time. There are other things too, but the point being I have gotten a lot of what my younger self wanted.
Ironically, I don’t get to spend time on these interests and hobbies. For the advancements I’d get, I just end up being not as interested. Just on fountain pens and inks alone, I don’t think I’ll ever use up all the inks I have in my lifetime. I don’t have a ton of ink, but I just know with my current usage of fountain pens, I won’t use up what I have. I might finish a few bottles but not all of them.
But I decided I wanted to just bake, and use what I have. I’m trying to use what I have now, with my hobbies and tools I’ve picked up over the years. It’s something about using up what I have, and to just be bold and courageous as I approach it.
Baking has also become a way for me to meet my neighbours and to bless people with what I have. I think I can bless people with the things I create too. I just need to remember to give and share. I tend to forget that a lot.
I’m not using an air fryer to make cookies anymore, but an oven. I can do more with what I’ve got. This applies for all the parts of my life for sure. I can’t forget that.