From Middle English bakynge; equivalent to bake + -ing.
Meanings
(uncountable, usually) An action in which something is baked.
Upon these terms, after working hard all day for her mistress, she began her midnight bakings, assisted by her two oldest children. 1861, Harriet Jacobs (Linda Brent), Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl:
I’m going to do some baking this afternoon.
(uncountable, usually) The way in which something is baked.
Clissold’s work of cooking has fallen on Hooper and Lashly, and it is satisfactory to find that the various dishes and bread bakings maintain their excellence. 1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott’s Last Expedition Volume I:
How often have we risen in the morning, after spending the night in this manner, with a feeling akin to that which we fancy would come from being knocked in the head with a sack of meal, then gently stewed, and all out of pure fraternal regard to supply any deficiencies in our original bakings. 1871, Ledyard Bill, Minnesota; Its Character and Climate:
(countable, usually) The production of a batch of baked product.
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