A blog on experiencing baking with your family and a great recipe for hot cross buns.

Move over carrot cake! The parsnip has arrived and wants some of the action. Good, fresh, firm parsnips have a wonderful, natural sweetness that makes them ideal in baked desserts. Read on for this inspired recipe that will have you singing the praises of parsnips.

Everyone has a different opinion on the best macaroni and cheese. Is it Kraft Dinner? Is it grandma's old recipe? Here's a good twist on things using bechamel, with a great photo tutorial to boot.

After my best chocolate chip cookie search post yielded 26 recipes in 24 hours, I knew I had too many cookie recipes to bake each and every one. So like any good geek, I averaged the recipes to make the best cookie recipe ever, or what I call a Mean Chocolate Chip Cookie. Get it?

After trying a couple of their baked goods, I decided to make one of their savory dishes. If you like authentic middle eastern flavors, then this will hit the spot. This tabouli recipe rivals some of the better lebanese restaurants i've tried.

Baking is the technique of prolonged cooking of food by dry heat acting by conduction, and not by radiation, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones. It is primarily used for the preparation of bread, cakes, pastries and pies, tarts, and quiches. Such items are sometimes referred to as "baked goods," and are sold at a bakery. A person who prepares baked goods as a profession is called a baker. It is also used for the preparation of baked potatoes; baked apples; baked beans; some pasta dishes, such as lasagne; and various other foods, such as the pretzel.Many domestic ovens are provided with two heating elements: one for baking, using convection and conduction to heat the food; and one for broiling or grilling, heating mainly by radiation. Meat may be baked, but is more often roasted, a similar process, using higher temperatures and shorter cooking times.Items other than foodstuffs can be baked, such as things made of clay and Creepy Crawlers. The baking process doen not add any fat to the product, and producers of snack products such as potato chips are also beginning to substitute the process of deep-frying by baking in order to reduce the fat content of their products.