Baking one’s heart out – hmmm – maybe that
should be how to make a total mess out of a kitchen?
For those of you who are used to seeing my
kitchen pristine clean, or for some whom I have been noted to scold when they
didn’t leave it just as I like, you will love the following pictures.
Two days this week I went on a baking
cookies and cakes jag: 7 small Christmas cakes; a batch of chocolate chip
cookies; another batch of double chocolate and ginger cookies; another of
Russian tea cakes; and yet another double batch of brownies!
I won’t go into the details of sugar,
butter and flour used, but there was definitely more of the former than the
latter and in all enough to feed a small village enough calories for several
months.
Who are the recipients of all this you
might ask – as surely she doesn’t intend to eat all that herself. First there
was the delivery to the mayor’s office (have done so several years in a row)
and to the chap that so kindly uses my driveway to turn the snowplow around in
the winter when I leave the gate open. He is also responsible for keeping the
village plants and flowers in shape, always has a smile and hello for everyone
and thus very deserving of any small attentions that I can think up. Then I took the rest of the brownies up to
the coffee shop one morning and let my coffee buddies indulge – leaving the
rest for the chap that runs the coffee and mini store.
I love to bake – no one has yet refused
anything that I was willing to give them and even make noises about actually
liking my efforts.
I will make more before the holidays an
probably finish the last out of the freezer sometime in February.
Ah the sweetness – if only I could find a
way of making the whole world as sweet.
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