brings back memories of coming home after school and enjoying a fresh treat to tide us over before the family sat down for dinner together. Unfortunately, this has become somewhat of a lost art with the advent of a dual working family, but in some ways it probably saves you your quality of life. Find out why the baking tradition has took a turn for the worse.
What’s in That Piece of Baking Heaven?
There are 6 common things normally put together to make a delicious, mouth watering, cookie. They are as follows:
– White Flour – White Sugar – Margarine – Baking Soda – Vanilla or other extract – Decoration or icing
Let’s delve a little further into each one to find out why.
White Flour
Besides being one of the most heavily grown and chemical infused crops, wheat has very little digestibility and value for the majority of the population. The beneficial b-vitamins that it does contain are stripped out to make a white flour (its more purdy that way), then a couple are added back in so they can call it “enriched” so you can feel good about it.
How bad can it really be to consume white flour?
Consider this: when companies ship refined white flour in large 50 lb. bags, they don’t have to use any insecticide whatsoever. That’s because if an insect gets into the bag of white flour and starts eating it, that insect will die from consuming it. White flour is a natural insecticide because it kills any insect that attempts to live off of it.
White flour is the largest and most commonly used ingredient in baking. Oy.