Have you ever wondered where the phrase came from? I had an epiphany moment when I was baking cookies a month ago, then forgot about it until I again baked cookies yesterday. It was then that I realized if you place the balls in rows of 3, then 2, then 3, then 2, then 3 on a regular cookie sheet to leave room for expansion, you can fit exactly 13 cookies on the sheet! Voila!! A baker’s dozen!!! I perhaps could have discovered this by looking it up on Google, but much more fun to discover such facts on your own!
Or, for more information, look here: https://judydykstrabrown.com/2016/05/16/the-truth-about-the-bakers-dozen/
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Now it makes sense!
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See? I learned something. I always thought that it was a bonus for buying a dozen 🙂
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I always rationalised that you need an extra in case one broke or was wonky & you’d have to eat it!
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I don’t know that I’m correct. It was just a sudden insight and I don’t even want to check to see if I’m right. I’ll pretend it is 1970 and no Google in sight.
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It’s more fun this way anyhow! Keeps us spinning stories as we dream up possible explanations!
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I do that, but never stopped to count ! Light bulb moment 🙂
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Nice …! Growing up in London U.K. we used to visit a small bakery every Saturday to buy crispy fresh bread. Mom used to get buns, etc. There was usually the one extra, making the 13. Cheers Jamie.
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I always assumed it was because bakers threw in an extra one if you ordered twelve, but your brilliant theory makes more sense, and the baker’s habit may have been a result of the phrase coming into common use.
I have placed thirteen lumps of dough onto a baking tray so many times, but it never occurred to me…
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Me, too. I never bake, so it was baking cookies after probably 30 years or more that made me see clearly!!! Some people have a long thought process.
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I had a similar aha moment recently the most people had centuries ago. I admit I am slow. I was writing the word breakfast and realize it actually meant to break the night’s fast. I didn’t look it up either because I know I am right.
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