Baking: Chemistry for Hungry People!

In fact, lots of different styles of cooking fall under chemistry for hungry people, but baking especially! And while I have made salad, soup, pasta, paninis, quesadillas, burritos, roti, and more, I have never baked until this winter. And look! It turned out pretty OK! Yay! :D

Anyway, making bread was SO MUCH FUN and SO MUCH EXERCISE!!! Stirring a concoction of oats and flour and more flour and honey and more flour and flax seeds is hard, at least for my spindly physique, but it was made up for by the bread rising all by itself! Kneading was much more manageable and way more fun, but apparently I'm absolutely terrible because there were tons of cracks in the dough. Fortunately, thanks to the expert advice of an awesome teacher, the bread turned out golden, rich, and delicious (and fed us for 3 days)! :)