The art of baking has been around for centuries. 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. As years passed, methods in baking have tremendously transformed, and have allowed us to be as creative as we like when we make our favorite foods now in modern times.