Allison's Baking Adventures
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How it all started

Thank you Aunty Tara for giving Allison this book for Christmas. Allison is excited to go on an Adventure in Baking! The book is Let's Bake Bread! by Bonnie Ohara, and it is where every bake on this site begins — flour on the counter, dough on her hands, and a whole kitchen adventure.

Let's Bake Bread! by Bonnie Ohara book cover
The book that started it all — a Christmas gift from Aunty Tara.
Aunty Tara holding Allison
Aunty Tara and Allison — the gift-giver herself.

Baking with Your Senses

Bread baking is a job for all five senses. Here is how Allison uses hers.

1

Sight

Watch the dough: see it dome up as it rises, tiny bubbles on a smooth top, and the color turn from pale to gold to tan in the oven.

2

Touch

Your hands know best: feel if the dough is too wet or too dry, stretchy or tearing, and press a risen loaf gently to see if it bounces right back.

3

Smell

The smell changes the whole time: notice how the dough smells when you first mix it, and how it turns into warm fresh-bread smell as it bakes.

4

Sound

Listen close: the dough pulling away from the bowl, little air pockets popping like bubble wrap when you shape it, the crackle of fresh bread cooling, and the hollow thump when you tap the bottom of a finished loaf.

5

Taste

The best part: taste for joy first, then notice the crust and the soft inside — light and airy or dense, and what you'd try differently next time.

From Let's Bake Bread! by Bonnie Ohara

Allison's Bakes

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