Four bakery-level baked goods you could be making at home

For those with baking anxiety, know it's easier than expected to make baked goods with surprisingly little effort. I was a bread-baking novice (borderline phobic) until the past couple of months and now, with the help of Instagram and TikTok reels, I'm a bonafide home baker.

Scones: I recently started following wyseguide on Instagram and decided to try his Lemon Poppyseed Scone recipe. To me, scones have always been strictly a coffee shop treat. But after jumping into his recipe, that is no longer true. Scones are easy, tasty, and a little fancy.

I followed his recipe to the letter and they were perfection!

Buttermilk Biscuits: Sometimes I open my refrigerator and ask Google what I can make with whatever random things I see. This week it was "Google, what can I make with buttermilk and chicken breasts?" The first suggestion was chicken, biscuits and peas. The biscuits caught my

attention so I dropped the rest and created 8 of the most delicious biscuits that have graced my kitchen. I used this recipe, substituting an additional 1.5 tsp of baking powder for the baking soda, as I was out

Homemade Pita Pockets: I love multigrain pita for just about everything: tuna salad, peanut butter and banana, chicken salad, and on and on. When I came across this homemade pita bread (even though it's made with white flour) I had to try it. The hardest part about making these

was waiting for them to rise. They're puffy, fluffy, and tasty with the simplest ingredients. I'd love to try this recipe with other types of flour.

Soft homemade pretzel twists: Both my mother and my daughter share a love of mall pretzels. Those little bites you dip in the melty cheese. I searched for a homemade recipe to enjoy this small treat in the comfort of my kitchen. This involves a yeast dough and boiling the

twisted doughs in baking soda. The prep is a bit longer as they rise, but the baking is quick. And the toppings are endless. Salt (of course), cinnamon and sugar, parmesan...

There's something about baking at home that makes the food feel healthier and more controllable in the sense you physically handle each ingredient. You add each one to the bowl, stir the dough, knead it, and watch it rise and brown. Eating these special carbs feels pretty good.