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homestyle desserts<br />
Recipe for<br />
making<br />
memories:<br />
Baking<br />
I<br />
really<br />
like to eat cakes and<br />
cookies. Anything sweet,<br />
really. I have a very hard<br />
time turning down a sugary<br />
treat. But I am really,<br />
really bad at making and<br />
baking them. This has<br />
become a bit of a burden<br />
on me because I enjoy baking.<br />
And, of course, I come from<br />
a long line of great bakers<br />
and cooks.<br />
My grandmas were both excellent bakers, and<br />
they made the most delicious food, always making<br />
it seem effortless. I have very vivid memories<br />
of visiting the house of my Grandma Taylor<br />
and her cooking waffles and pepper bacon in the<br />
morning for my cousins and me. Grandma Luett,<br />
who lived on the Luett family farm, always had<br />
homemade cookies or brownies or something<br />
sweet on hand. I cherish those times.<br />
I connect baking with many memories of<br />
my grandparents. Since they are not around<br />
anymore, I want to be able to re-create some of<br />
those memories now and, one day, pass my tips<br />
and tricks and recipes on to my children and<br />
grandchildren.<br />
My quest of becoming a more successful baker<br />
will not include my grandmas’ advice, which is<br />
terribly sad. I cannot ask them about their love<br />
of preparing food for their families and loved<br />
ones. I very much wish that I could. I can ask for<br />
advice from those who are around me every day,<br />
eastern iowa farmer photos / brooke taylor<br />
spring <strong>2017</strong> | <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Iowa</strong> <strong>Farmer</strong> 105
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