I live in Wisconsin with my husband and two daughters. I love to bake and cook but in the past few years I haven't had much time to bake. Now that my girls are older they are eager to help and I'm getting back into it. I'm really enjoying finding new recipes to try. I am a new vegetarian and am having fun making new meatless recipes. As far as my baking favorites, I like cookies, scones and muffins. My family has an apple orchard (2nd and 3rd generation). So when apple season comes, I love trying new apple recipes I find on here. Also Christmas cookies are a big family tradition. I can remember watching my great-grandmother bake cookies. We weren't allowed to help just watch and sample. My mother is a good baker, she's the one that taught me. Now I teach her things. :) I like to mix recipes around by exchanging one ingredient for an other. It works most of the time. I also like to try to "lighten up" recipes. But I love making yeast breads. I know it's usually a challenge for most people (including my father) but I guess I've been doing it for so long it doesn't bother me. Not reading recipes all the way through before starting. I do this so often that I have gotten pretty good at fixing my mistakes. It kind of goes back to my triumphs (above).