This morning the girls got together for some delicious holiday baking. It was so much fun! Lots of delicious creations and great company.
The crew:
We were so glad Jennifer was able to join us later in the morning
The crew:
We were so glad Jennifer was able to join us later in the morning
We started off by Natalie helping me make french bread. It was such a treat to have her show me step-by-step and give me hands-on experience. It turned out to be so delicious. Rod has been craving fresh bread for a while so he's in for a real treat.
Next we were on to the sweet treats
Some of our favorites:
Kiss Cookies
Candy Cane Cookies (before they were frosted - they usually have white frosting with red stripes)
A new recipe for oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies (so good)
Chocolate-pecans (I forgot to take some with me before I left for work, but they have to be delicious, being made with 3 kinds of chocolate)
Fudge (I didn't get to try this either, but it looks amazing)
Are you drooling yet?
Natalie also made a chocolate chex-mix type dessert. It was really tasty as well. [I don't have a picture because it was right when I was leaving for work.]
Natalie was such a great hostess and had prepared delicious potato soup with bacon, cheese and sour cream for us as our lunch. What a great treat!!
It was so much fun. We'll definitely have to make this an annual tradition!
A funny moment with a 1st grader today: As I was sitting with this cute little girl, helping her with her homework, she looked up at me with her big brown eyes and asked, "Miss Shannon, were you ever a kid before?"
So sweet. I love working with these kids.
Next we were on to the sweet treats
Some of our favorites:
Kiss Cookies
Candy Cane Cookies (before they were frosted - they usually have white frosting with red stripes)
A new recipe for oatmeal-chocolate chip cookies (so good)
Chocolate-pecans (I forgot to take some with me before I left for work, but they have to be delicious, being made with 3 kinds of chocolate)
Fudge (I didn't get to try this either, but it looks amazing)
Are you drooling yet?Natalie also made a chocolate chex-mix type dessert. It was really tasty as well. [I don't have a picture because it was right when I was leaving for work.]
Natalie was such a great hostess and had prepared delicious potato soup with bacon, cheese and sour cream for us as our lunch. What a great treat!!
It was so much fun. We'll definitely have to make this an annual tradition!
A funny moment with a 1st grader today: As I was sitting with this cute little girl, helping her with her homework, she looked up at me with her big brown eyes and asked, "Miss Shannon, were you ever a kid before?"
So sweet. I love working with these kids.
6 comments:
*drool* so good, wish I was there! What a great group of baking gals ~ the french bread looks fabulous and so do the cookies. I wonder if the chex mix dessert was muddy buddies...choc/peanut butter and shaken in powdered sugar...totally addictive!
I love that!!! kids are so funny sometimes!
You'll have to share that french bread and soup recipe! I could dive right into my screen and eat them up!!! YUM!!!!!!
oh my french bread. wow! want it so bad.
and yes, of course, i'm secretly hoping some of these goodies are leftover by Friday night!!! hahaha
what a fun tradition to do together. i remember the last time me and my sisters were all together for thanksgiving a few years ago we stayed up really late making lots of yummy stuff and experimenting with new recipes. one thing i remember particularly was white chocolate peppermint fudge. and it was DEVINE!!!
AND.... i love all of Natalie's soups. i remember the last christmas we were all together she made a trio and this was one of them- and i was in heaven.
Yummmmmy!!! I really want to try all of those!!!
Yum!! Wish I could run over for a taste test!! What a fun activity to do all together! :)
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