Holiday Baking Lessons

Bake Yourself a Happy Holiday

Grab your whisk and take a breath of sweet, buttery air. It’s baking season!

Text and photos by Holly Lebowitz Rossi

Meditation and prayer come in many forms, and any avid baker--whether they're a pro or a home baker like me--will tell you that they are at their most focused, most content, and most mindful when they’re mixing, measuring, scooping and pouring. During the holidays, the spirituality of baking comes into full blossom, as the lessons of the season take shape in cookies, bars, cakes, and pies. Here are 5 such lessons I’ve experienced in my kitchen.

Taste the first spiritual baking lesson.

Holly Lebowitz Rossi is a Beliefnet editor.