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Stocking your Kitchen Part 4: Baking

Kelly Rossiter, Toronto

Kelly Rossiter

By Kelly Rossiter
Toronto, Canada | Sun Mar 23, 2008 01:21 PM ET

Kelly Rossiter is taking us through cooking basics; start here and see them all here.

Baking truly is one of the most rewarding of kitchen activities. Unlike store-bought treats, you can control the amount of fat, sugar and salt you use, the house smells wonderful and suddenly you're the most popular member of the family.

 

When I was growing up, my mother baked a cake every other day and there were always homemade cookies in the cookie jar. It seems incredible, I know, but baking a cake doesn't take very long and it really isn't difficult.

Cookies are a bit fussier because you have to make them in batches and they don't bake for long, so you really have to hang around the kitchen.The key to baking is to follow the recipe and measure your ingredients carefully. Unlike cooking, you can't just toss in whatever you feel like and have it succeed. Tomorrow, I am going to give you an incredibly easy recipe for soda bread to get you started.

 

Here a few things to add to your kitchen pantry.

Dry ingredients: unbleached all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, active dry yeast (if you plan on baking bread), salt

Perishables: butter, eggs, milk, lemons, walnuts, buttermilk (you will need it for the soda bread)

Other items: chocolate, pure vanilla extract

Equipment: baking sheet, a 9 1/2 inch springform pan, two 9x2-inch round cake pans, muffin tins, pie pans, a mixer (either stand or hand held), whisk, measuring cups, measuring spoons, bowl scraper, rolling pin

Difficulty level: Easy

 
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