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Article: Baking in the Dark; It's a Singular Pleasure, But Fraught With Peril
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- The Washington Post
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- September 23, 2009
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It is well past 9 p.m. I am dreaming about dough and batter, yet
I am not asleep. The night is still young for obsessed bakers like
me who enjoy the tranquilizing act of stirring a brownie batter,
kneading a batch of yeast dough or tossing together a quick bread
before bedtime.
Recreational artists, knitters, needlepointers, woodworkers,
scrapbookers and other crafters know how much fun it is to practice
a kind of aesthetic hobby. Baking is a nifty activity that presents
a tasty reward at the end.
What's more, I know there are legions of you out there decorating
cookies, rolling all kinds of dough, baking novelty cakes and
pulling pans of bar cookies from the oven after the sun sets. We ...