Bake & Take Day

When I was a younger I used to love to bake, still do. I’d bake all sorts of goodies, cakes, pies, cookies, rolls - all on a fairly frequent basis, until one day my Mom said “we love your baking, but you just have to stop before the rest of us weigh five hundred pounds!” Well, as anyone who loves to bake knows, I just couldn’t stop. So, I continued baking and just gave it all to our friends and neighbors; much to my Mom’s chagrin when she found out. But now I know, I was just ahead of my time. The fourth Saturday in March is “Bake and Take Day” in the United States and creates an opportunity for folks to show kindness to friends and neighbors by sharing homemade baked treats. Sponsored by stakeholders in the U.S. wheat, flour and baking industries, this event began in Kansas in 1970 as a community service project to generate goodwill in communities through the sharing of home baked goods with family members, friends, neighbors and those in need. The idea became so successful national Bake and Take Day was created in 1973. So, if you have the urge to bake, but no occasion to bake for - don't worry, Bake and Take Day supplies the perfect reason to break out the flour!