Comments on: Baking? Can You Do It?

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:03:51 +0000

I may be baking outta control, but I'm not eating outta control!!! I can't live without baking during the holidays. As I've lost weight, I've become really good about adapting recipes or giving away cookies, bars, etc. I made 25 dozen sugar cookies total this year. That does not include peanut butter balls, thumbprints, chex mix, puppy chow, etc. I only have 10 cookies left at home, out of all of that! Everyting else has been given away! .-= Erin´s last blog ..Woah Woah Woah! =-.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:46:00 +0000

I like to COOK just not BAKE. I really don’t bake more than once or twice a year. When I was younger the only way we got sweets was to bake them ourselves and then we would devour the cakes and cookies. I have developed a healthy indifference to eating cakes and cookies now, so I probably wouldn’t have a problem making them. BUT I feel like kids get so much sugar in everything they eat nowadays, plus all the candy they get through the year (NOT from us!), that I just don’t feel a need to add to the sugar rush in our house.
.-= Stacy´s last blog ..A new personal best…2.5 days =-.

By: Walk with Me

Walk with Me — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:23:53 +0000

Diane, those pics take me back to my childhood.

Yes, I’ve been baking. I bake, wrap, and ship or deliver it right away. I’ve sampled here and there but nothing like my old self. I’ve also been baking lighter versions of my typical recipes.
.-= Walk with Me´s last blog ..Fitness Quote of the Week =-.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:03:28 +0000

LOVe the pics. Yes, i can bake if it's stuff i don't lie OR I give most of it away. .-= Lisa´s last blog ..Who wants an invite to my private family site? =-.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:26:02 +0000

Holiday baking is a must for me. It’s just part of the magic of the season and brings me so much joy. I don’t bake the first 10 months out of the year, period. Then I bake pumpkin rolls to give away to a couple of people around Thanksgiving. Then I do cookies, mini loaves of Christmas bread, chocolate-covered popcorn & chocolate-dipped pretzel rods w/ sprinkles at Christmas. I assemble all of them in separate goodie bags and arrange them in big Christmas baskets to give as gifts at my Christmas dinner the 2nd wknd of Dec. That’s my baking tradition. Thank God I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, so overdoing it for me has never been a problem in this area. Mom’s Christmas Day ham, on the other hand, is a whole other issue.
.-= Tammy´s last blog ..Coming Out Of The Dark =-.

By: runnin4fun

runnin4fun — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:24:44 +0000

That IS impressive! To lose that much weight and be around sweets all day…I would gain that much-I love sweets.Kudos to you!

By: Joanna Sutter

Joanna Sutter — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:15:00 +0000

I bake for others…pumpkin bread, pizzelles, sugar cookies. But I have to go buy the ingredients because I rarely have white flour in the house. I love to bake and I think I love baking even more for others.

By: mackattack

mackattack — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:54:05 +0000

I don't bake. I don't have enough mouths to feed to bring food like that into my house. when we make breads or whatnot they are for Dan to eat mostly, and he eats fast enough to remove temptation. but he doesn't eat cookies fast enough. Oh well! .-= mackattack´s last blog ..Healthy French Fries =-.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:43:42 +0000

Great family pictures! I havent done any baking just for the sake of having cookies around, but I will be baking goodies for Christmas dinner to take (and leave) to my friends house. Last year I made cookies (and then ate them all )simply because its what you do this time of year. Such an improvement!

By: Nicole, MS, RD, LD

Nicole, MS, RD, LD — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:16:39 +0000

I bake with a purpose, not just because — that’s key. I also bake very close to the event, so that they’re not calling my name! In the winter, you can also put the cookies OUTSIDE so that they’re not even in the house taunting you! Great post!

P.S. I left you a blog award just now : )
.-= Nicole, MS, RD, LD´s last blog .. =-.