It was barely over a week ago on the blog of famous baking expert Dorie Greenspan that I first heard about Operation Baking GALS, a project started by Susan Whetzel of Doughmesstic. I'm not a baker, so I didn't pay much attention to it at first.

Then in just a few short days, the words Operation Baking Gals started popping up in my feed reader so regularly that I realized I was witnessing the power of the internet being harnessed by a bunch of baking women. The acronym GALS stands for "Give A Little Support," and the project to recruit food bloggers to commit to baking treats once a month and mailing them to soldiers in Iraq was getting support all over the web. The movement now has an official Operation Baking Gals blog, where Susan shares how the idea got started.

That site is quickly becoming a source of information about mailing food items overseas and the latest post has mailing tips from a military wife. To say the least, Susan is Flabberghasted with the response she's received, (and she doesn't even care if she's spelled the word wrong.)

The first package arrived on August 2, and was greatly enjoyed, judging from the photo. The speedy baking was the work of Dianne from Dianne's Dishes, who sent peanut butter cookies, and shared the recipe (including a gluten-free version) when she wrote about Operation Baking GALS on her blog.

Want to become part of Operation Baking GALS? Just send an e-mail to bakingGALS (at) gmail (dot) com and they'll sign you up.

Kalyn Denny writes about food and at BlogHer.com and shares her passion for cooking at Kalyn's Kitchen.