the birth of a baker...

I figured out how to make icing when I was five.  I remember climbing onto the kitchen counter so I could reach the cabinet where the box of powdered sugar was stored.  Add water and you've got icing!  Still amazes me the things you can make.  I love bread making and canning and making cookies and soups ad infinitum.  And I love making soap.  I love figuring out what mix of oils and scents would be interesting.  And finding out what those oils and essential oils are supposed to be good for -- nice lather, moisturizing, hard bar, etc or acts as an astringent, is cooling, warming, etc.  And then after all of that fun research, you get to wash with it!  Almost as satisfying as eating powdered sugar icing.