Sheesh, I’m sorry to hear about more issues with this project for you @pointoflife14. But I opened the source file pancakeHobo_lesson04_finished.blend with stock Blender 2.79, added a new image for baking, clicked bake, and got exactly what I expected:

Are you using stock Blender 2.79 for this project @pointoflife14? I’m quite confused at this point why you’re having these issues when I can’t reproduce them immediately..