Baking is pretty much all about sharing. Without friends and family, and even colleagues, so share food with I doubt it would be half as fun. Sharing any kind of meal with someone usually enhances the experience, whether it’s out at a restuarant, a barbeque in the park or a McDonalds in your car (we all do it!).
To me though, nothing beats baking something from scratch to enjoy with others. It’s so satisfying when someone genuinely enjoys something you’ve produced.
Note -this not to say that baking a batch of your favourite cookies with the sole intention of eating them all yourself is a bad thing. It’s most definitely not, and sometimes very necessary.
But back to baking for others. How cute are these little pies?! Very, I know.
I made these mini peach blueberry pies last week for this months Glasgow Baking Club meeting, held in the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow’s West End. It was a really lovely get together this month. The turnout was down a little, a lot of people are away on their summer holidays, but the small numbers actually worked in our favour. All eight of us gathered around one of the picnic tables, decorated with a tablecloth and lots of baked goodies for us to devour. All very civilised! Thanks to Kirsteen and Bex for organising everything again, much appreciated. (more…)
