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What do you like to bake? I have never attempted. I would like to surprise my wife one of these cold winter evenings.

Brownies, and banana bread are pretty easy (especially if one does not have allergies to chocolate and nuts as add-ins). Bread and pizza crust might require a bit of experimentation for perfect texture with your flour/water/yeast mix, kitchen temperature, humidity affecting outcome ( if you have central a/c or heat probably not as big a concern but I do not).

Awesome. Thanks for the recommendations. Making my own pizza would feel amazing I bet.

Bread machines are easy to find at the thrift store for $10-$15 - that's what I use for pizza dough and it makes it so easy! And if you end up never using the machine, you can just redonate.

I do recommend using bread flour - it has more gluten so it will make for a chewier dough. Though all-purpose will also be yummy - it's hard to go wrong!

It is so satisfying. Not having to rely on frozen or delivery and controlling the ingredients is great. Even the kneading is interesting tactile experience. When you make imperfect pizza, just making your own mediocre crust as a topping delivery system feels like an accomplishment.

knowing too much about GBBO meant malt loaf, recently: https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/recipes/all/prue-leith-...

Oooh, this looks like a nice challenge and novel enough to be a real surprise. Thank you!

go by mass, not volume; don’t use blackstrap molasses use regular molasses; it does need a day to rest before eating.

Start with something easy like cookies.

Or brownies, which seem even easier.

I shall attempt!

Pan cookies are a nice compromise - I get the chocolate chip flavor without having to form individual cookie shapes :)

https://www.verybestbaking.com/toll-house/recipes/original-n...

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