Baking lessons

I remember as a child, attending a girls' club with my mom and sister, through our local church in Cote d'Ivoire. I specifically remember my mom teaching baking lessons and sewing lessons... Now it's my turn!

My teenaged helpers have been interested in my baking. They are fascinated by baking and love the taste of all the sweets that come out of the oven. So, I promised them baking lessons. Now that my washing machine is working (I LOVE IT!) we had a lot more time in our day today. So, our first baking lesson: brownies!

The girls read a recipe for the first time - completely in the dark about 1/3 c and 1/4 tsp. So, first some basic math - really basic! Then, following the directions, the importance of mixing baking powder in well with the other dry ingredients, cracking eggs on the side of the bowl... so many little things to teach... that are very important!

They jumped around in excitement every time the timer rang (I didn't quite get the temperature right on my min-max gauge on the oven, so we had to keep checking). They could hardly wait for the finished product! They each made a batch - one batch to go home with them and one batch to feed us! :)