Baking in Colonial Times

By- Gabrielle Brodskiy 7c2 ID4

Colonial women had many tasks to do. One of their jobs is to cook for their family. One type of cooking they did was baking. The women would work all day, baking for their family. Since the men would work in the fields all day, when they came home they were extremely tired and hungry. The wife’s job was to keep him well fed.

What was done to bake goods?

There were many things that you needed to do before you could bake goods because everything was done by hand. You would make butter by yourself. For the sugar, you would get it in blocks and then you would need to cut of how much you need by used an object called “nippers”. After that you would need to pound or hit the sugar to granulate it. For the flour you would need to sift it by hand and then measure out how much you need.

Where was the baking done?

Colonial baking was done outside. There was an oven made of clay that was used to bake bread and many other baked goods.

How Could You Tell the Temperature of the Oven?

Well, in colonial times there were no thermometers to tell you what the temperature of the oven was. So the women would use what’s called the “counting method”. This method is when you put your arm in the oven and count to how long you can keep your arm there for. The amount of seconds tells you whether it is a quick oven, a moderate oven, or a slow oven.

What Would You Use to Flavor Baked Goods?

Flavoring in colonial baking would be substances such as, molasses, rose water, caraway seeds, lemon, almonds, and coconuts. Vanilla was very rarely used.

What were the Most Eaten Colonial Baked Goods?

The most eaten colonial baked goods were  Macaroons  Corn bread  Sand Tarts  Breads  Apple Pie

Bibliography

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