1. First, you have to have 4 loaf pans, 2 "9 x 13" baking pans, and 2 muffin pans with 12 holes each...this is the bare minimum. I bought all my baking pans at the dollar store, and they have served me well. I do plan to replace them at some point...but we haven't gotten to that point yet!
2. I start with the banana bread. It is a quick bread, and whips up...well, quick! I bake those four loaves all at once. While they bake for that hour, I mix up the granola, and put it in the two baking pans. While the banana bread is cooling, the granola bakes for 45 minutes. I handwash the bread pans, and whip up the pumpkin or cinnamon raisin bread. Those 4 loaves go in, and while they are baking and the granola is cooling, I whip up 2 muffin recipes. When the bread comes out to cool, the muffins get put in 24 at a time...baking times vary between the recipes...about 8-30 minutes. I whip up 2 more recipes, and bake those. At some point, I wash the loaf pans, and mix up the last bread recipe. I put them in to bake, put the granola in a container, and wash the baking pans. I mix up the coffee cake, and get it in the pans, and the 2 coffee cakes go in the oven after the last batch of bread. While they bake, I clean up my mess.
3. I will say, my children and husband help, and so it goes fast for us, as my husband and I take turns baking (this gives us each time to rest)...although he isn't allowed to touch the granola or the coffee cakes! LOL Burnt or under-baked is NOT appealing! Bake day takes about 6 hours, and sometimes we cut out the muffins, and just make 2 dozen muffins each morning until we catch up. Sundays are our crock-pot dinner days, so we have dinner ready, without much effort! On sick weeks, we scrap the baking, and buy cereal...which is expensive, full of sugar, and not really filling...and now you know why we bake and how we bake!
