Baking supplies are permission waiting to happen. Flour, sugar, butter, chocolate chips — individually innocent, together they’re a cake. Research by Guyenet shows food availability increases consumption; ingredient availability increases production of tempting foods. If impulse baking consistently leads to eating what you baked, the supplies are the upstream problem.
This companion covers the baking trap, the availability effect, auditing your supplies, and reducing the impulse-baking pattern. (3 min read)
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