Treats for appetites of every size
Now, the recipe I’m sharing today is one I wasn’t totally sure should leave the family recipe box. It is a Christmas favorite, and I only make it on Christmas every year. In fact, one year my mom tried to make a Thanksgiving version, but it was so unnatural that we couldn’t do it again. This is a Christmas dessert. And it only works with chocolate. No exceptions.
And you thought I was done for the weekend. Time at home + no school tomorrow = wayyyy more time to bake. Up next: my gingerbread house needed a little town to go with it!
There is no place like home. Spending time with my family, unlimited Boston sports games, a huge kitchen to bake in. It’s amazing.
This is the latest I’ve posted in awhile. I always underestimate how long it will take me to decorate cookies. Oh well, I can’t help being a perfectionist. Anyways, after a brief hiatus last week, the Christmas Cookie Project is back with a vengeance. Tomorrow there’s a holiday at work, to which I committed cookies. And then there are all of the various people I need to give cookie tins to. And then of course there are my students, who have requested treats as well. In short, I will be baking every day this week. And maybe posting some of …
It was 60° on Friday. It’s December. It’s really hard to get into the Christmas spirit when the weather feels like we’ve skipped about 5 months. Fortunately, I planned Christmas activities for the weekend anyways. And now it’s snowing! It all works out.
It is impossible to say exactly how awesome it was to go home to Massachusetts this weekend. I spent four whole days with my family for Thanksgiving break, and I am already looking forward to going back for Christmas. Unfortunately, I was so caught up in the awesomeness of being home that I forgot to photograph while I was baking things for Thanksgiving. I made Pull Aparts successfully for the first time ever (a yeast recipe very similar to monkey bread) but alas, I have no proof for you. I also made some pretty delicious brickle from a Serious Eats recipe, …