{"id":20504,"date":"2020-03-17T20:50:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T01:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cupcakeproject.com\/?p=20504"},"modified":"2020-11-11T13:17:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T19:17:31","slug":"5-reasons-baking-therapy-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cupcakeproject.com\/5-reasons-baking-therapy-works\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons Baking Therapy Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you’re going through a difficult time or are stressed out, the simple act of baking can be therapeutic – and it puts delicious treats on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Whisking\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

John Whaite, a winner of the hit U.K. television series “The Great British Bake Off<\/a>,” calls baking “a form of pill-less Prozac<\/a>.” Still other research<\/a> shows the benefits of pausing from other activities and spending some quality time in the kitchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gather up your ingredients, put on some music (or enjoy peace and quiet), and read on for five ways that baking therapy works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The Smell<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    When you bake, you get aromatherapy<\/a> without having to go to the spa! Take your pick from the scent of vanilla cupcakes<\/a>, chocolate cookies<\/a>, banana bread<\/a>, or coffee cake<\/a>; you can’t go wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n