I like to do the baking
at my daughter’s catering kitchen because it leaves me in a ‘sweet mood.’ But I
hate her commercial ovens!
No matter what I do, I
have to make sure the oven is set to a lower than normal temperature. If I
don’t pay total attention to whatever I’m baking, it burns or gets way too
brown for my daughter, the Chef.
I have to rotate the
sheet pans, constantly. If I’m baking cookies – I rotate the trays every four
minutes, and then freak out if the cookies on the outside look browner then the
other cookies. My daughter’s tip is that whenever I think the cookies need to
bake one minute more – that’s when I need to pull them out of the oven because they will
still bake on the hot sheet tray.
Her other tip – if you
smell the cookies while they are in the oven, they are burnt! Great advice but
what if you have a stuffed nose?
Like I said – I like to
bake but I hate to be the one who burns the cookies, or scones, or whatever
else I’m in charge of at the moment.
Yet, I am good at
rotating the sheet trays. And the fear of burning and the fear of the Chef –
keeps me focused and on my toes!
