🥧Baking
Procrastibaking: the art of making cupcakes (or *insert sweet treat*) instead of doing what you should be doing
Baking is a method of preparing food that uses dry heat, typically in an oven, but can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot stones. The most common baked item is bread, but many other types of foods can be baked. Heat is gradually transferred from the surface of patries and bread to their center. As heat travels through, it transforms batters and doughs into baked goods with a firm crust and a softer center. Baking can also be combined with grilling to produce a hybrid barbecue variant by using both methods simultaneously, or one after the other.
Procrastibaking — the practice of baking something completely unnecessary, with the intention of avoiding “real” work — is a surprisingly common habit that has only recently acquired a name. Medical students, romance writers, freelance web designers: Almost anyone who works at home and has a cookie sheet in the cupboard can try it. Some procrastibakers like to make long, slow recipes that break up the entire day, returning to their spreadsheets or study guides in between steps like proofing, chilling and rising. Those who use baking as a transition into a creative state of mind are more likely to stir up a quick banana bread or pan of brownies.