Home Baking Project by Gabrielle

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This year, our country Malaysia is facing yet another COVID-19 crisis. Last year when everything started, our country acted fast and their speedy decision aided us in managing and controlling the numbers. However, we had a change in government and no matter how hard they tried, things just didn't improve. And here we are, MCO 3.0. Although my state Sarawak is under CMCO as opposed to total MCO in other states, we are trying hard to find things to make our daily lives at home as interesting as possible so we don't get tempted to go out. 


Alright. That's enough of my ranting about how my country's government had lost sight of things. Time to share my Home Baking Project or so I called HBP. 


I've never thought of baking. Before, I tried making pies but those experiences made me fearful instead of confident. I failed many times and there didn't seem to any remedial in sight. So, I stopped. I also realized the reason of my failures were because I lacked equipment, most importantly, I didn't have an proper oven. All I had was a toaster oven. It was great for toasting bread and reheating pastries, but baking? Nah... It was bad.

 

So when I moved into my own house, I persuaded my husband to buy a proper oven. The price of an oven and a toaster oven were not far apart. So we settled for an Elecrolux 21L Multi-function Oven Toaster. We were lucky to get it for cheap as it was near the year-end clearance.


The reason I started baking was really no brainer. I was craving for cinnamon rolls out of the blue. Ohh no, don't get me wrong. I'm not pregnant. It was just a crazy craving for anything savory and sweet with cinnamon on it. We found a cafe nearby that sold cinnamon rolls but the taste and texture was not what I wanted. So I checked on Youtube one day, and viola, I baked them.


As my 1st attempt was successful, I will be sharing the recipes that helped me in this blog. All these attempts are easy and you can do them if I can. I hope it will help you find your baking bugs. 


Happy baking!

Gabrielle


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