Home Baking Association Celebrates Bake for Family Fun Month Like Never Before

TOPEKA, Kan. - Feb. 2, 2016 - PRLog -- Hands-on Fun! Families measure, mix and bake together. A special family memory is created! The Home Baking Association (HBA) has designated February as “Bake for Family Fun Month” and encourages families to spend time together in the kitchen.

Winter is the perfect time to warm up the kitchen and bake together as a family. Baking is an inexpensive family activity that provides delicious rewards says Charlene Patton, Home Baking Association Executive Director. Benefits of baking include opportunities to use math, literacy, history, social studies, science and art. She suggests families visit HomeBaking.org (http://www.homebaking.org) to find recipes, family baking activities and resources to help families bake with children of all ages.

HBA features a weekly theme to help families plan recipes and activities throughout the month starting with Week One “Let’s Get Started Baking (http://homebaking.org/familyfun/index.html#week1)”. Other upcoming themes include “Baking for My Valentine (http://homebaking.org/familyfun/index.html#week2)”, “Baking History and Traditions (http://homebaking.org/familyfun/index.html#week3)” and “Baking for Others (http://homebaking.org/familyfun/index.html#week4)”.

Patton suggests allowing extra time when baking as a family. Be sure to find a task for each member of the family so everyone is involved in the experience. The Thrill of Skill (http://www.homebaking.org/PDF/2013_thrilloftheskill.pdf) resource provides a list of age appropriate kitchen jobs beginning at age two. Ten Tips for Baking Success (http://www.homebaking.org/PDF/2013_tentipsbakingsuccess.pdf), Safe Kitchen Check List (http://www.homebaking.org/PDF/2013_safekitchenchecklist.pdf) and correct measuring techniques are provided to help families be successful.

Baking together is a great opportunity to teach children kitchen skills and share family traditions. Make a treasured family recipes or create a new tradition. How about Friday Designer Pizza Night? Make the dough, prepare toppings and let everyone make their own “designer” pizza! Or maybe it’s a weekend brunch with pancakes or waffles! Remember to take pictures to share and treasure in years to come.

Easy as Pie (http://homebaking.org/PDF/easyaspie.pdf) is a book and bake lesson for families. Make a press-in, rustic or rolled pie crust and then fill with a delicious apple filling. While the pie is baking read one of the suggested books as a family to learn more about pie. A quiz is included that families are sure to enjoy. Easy as Pie is part of Week 2 Baking for My Valentine! (http://homebaking.org/familyfun/index.html#week2)

The Easy as Pie Book and Bake Lesson along with hundreds of ideas are included at HomeBaking.org (http://www.homebaking.org) with links to HBA members providing creative ways to help families have fun in the kitchen! Recipes, activities, experiments, book and bake lessons and videos are all part of this year’s Bake for Family Fun Month (http://homebaking.org/familyfun/index.html) event.

The Home Baking Association is a non-profit association with members dedicated to providing resources to encourage families to bake together from toddler to grandparent and enjoy the many benefits of baking.

For more information about Bake for Family Fun Month, the Home Baking Association, or to schedule an interview, please contact Charlene Patton (mailto:hbapatton@aol.com), Executive Director of the Home Baking Association.