food is the worst enemy and the best friend

~ Baking with Arttu - three simple steps ~

1) Find something that looks good from your nearest supermarket's frozen food section.

My friends and family know that I love baking, but sometimes I don't have enough energy to do all by myself. I'm not too narrow-minded with these kinds of products and decided to try to make raspberry-filled donuts without really baking them! They should at least look cute because who could hate heart-shaped stuff? I thought so too.

2) While waiting the oven to heat up fetch the most essential ingredient - sugar. White sugar is the best for this kind of a situation - I'm not going to pretend that I eat only the healthy brown-ish hippie sugar today.

I partly agree with people who say that they only bake with white flour, white sugar and huge amounts of butter but at the same time I don't mind if there's only margarine in our fridge when I'm craving for muffins - I think it's just good to make it a bit healthier sometimes and I really can't taste a difference when the pastry is made with butter or margarine. This has been a hugely popular topic and discussed in our local newspaper but in my opinion it's just a storm in a tea-kettle.

3) After your babies have visited the oven for only 5 minutes they're ready to get sugared. Don't mind the deformations - just enjoy!

When I saw my perfectly gold-coloured donuts I had to eat one first and then set up things for this harmonic picture. I really liked them and couldn't imagine that they were made while I was reading my mom's health magazine, but they were. So the lesson to be learned is: try something new without being suspicious about it! Comments? Do you always bake everything yourself or do you accept almost-ready-to-eat products?