for some reason I've always been a bit nervous with experimenting with baking. Which is crazy really because I'm a pretty confident & experimental cook for everything else, and am perfectly happy with modifying or adapting recipes or just making them up on the spot... I think it is because with baking you can't taste as you go along and add extra things, so it always feels like I have to get it right first time or risk it all going wrong and having to throw it away and start again... plus I've never baked much apart from the odd birthday cake so I haven't got much experience to fall back on... now I just need to persuade my other half, who is actually doing 95% of the cooking in our house at the moment, to start making bread too :)
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