Treats for appetites of every size
I decided to be selfish this weekend. Usually, I love to bake things for other people. I bring treats into work and they disappear before 2nd period. I bring treats to my classes and my students remember that I can be cool on occasion. I bring treats to friends and make more friends. But this week I decided to make something only I would get to eat: granola bars.
Want to know what happens when you have 6 snow days in a month and a half? You lose all track of time. Literally. This past weekend was supposed to be a long weekend from school for Presidents’ Day. We were going to have Friday through Tuesday off. However, we had 4 snow days in January/early February, so the school decided to take away 2 of those days (Friday and Tuesday) because we didn’t have enough days built into the end of the year. So in honor of having school on Valentine’s Day after all, I decided to make heart-shaped …
I had a really hard time deciding what to bake this weekend. I was home in Massachusetts with my parents, who are currently in the the process of selling the house I grew up in, and when I have the whole kitchen at my disposal I always feel like I need to make something extra special. Also, when I bake at their house, I know that I won’t have to bring the treats home with me, so there is little danger that I will eat them all. This also makes me want to bake more extravagant things.
Good things happen when I finish all of my grading and lesson planning before 2 on a Sunday. Good things in the form of baking adventures that I can pursue leisurely for hours on end. Good things in the form of FINALLY breaking in my yellow stand mixer. Isn’t it beautiful?