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How many is a bakers dozen? |
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A Baker's Dozen is 13. The term stems from the baker's tradition of adding one more to a dozen as lagniappe (a 'Cajun word meaning "a little extra").
A normal dozen is 12 (twelve) but bakers bake one extra in case a biscuit , cake , cookie etc. gets burnt or goes wrong , they have a spare.
First answer by Redbeard. Last edit by Wobber 12. Contributor trust: 19 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 37 [recommend question]




