Ep 10: Meal of Approval with Jenny Han

Baking Insights

Kate Spencer and Jenny Han share their baking insights, focusing on mastering recipes like cinnamon rolls and chocolate chip cookies. Kate emphasizes the importance of technique, such as rolling dough thin for cinnamon rolls and letting cookie dough rest for 24 hours to enhance flavor and texture 1. Jenny appreciates Kate's intuitive baking skills, likening her to a contestant on the Great British Bake Off 1.

It's disappointing because with a cinnamon roll, the best part is the center, and it's like, the gooeiest, thinnest part.

--- Kate Spencer

Kate also shares her discovery of using parchment paper instead of a silpat to achieve the perfect cookie spread 2.

   

Stress Relief

Cooking and baking serve as a therapeutic outlet for Kate Spencer, offering a sense of accomplishment and relaxation. She finds the process meditative, especially when under the pressure of book deadlines, as it provides a tangible result within a short time frame 3. Doree Shafrir expresses her anxiety around baking, contrasting with Kate's calming experience 2.

Baking is my self care because I think that especially when I'm in the middle of a book deadline, which I always am, it's something that you can start and finish within 2 hours.

--- Kate Spencer

Kate's passion for baking even inspired a storyline in one of her books, highlighting its significance in her life 3.