New Year, New Post

I haven't forgotten about this blog, I swear! I did think about posting...but it's the holidays = it was very, very busy. The four units of my family were reunited for the first time in nearly a year, I helped host my workplace's Baking Exchange, workplace holiday party, I hosted my first par-tay at my bachelorette spoon rest and.... it's still December. Here are some snapshots from the month:

(below: my contributions to the Baking Exchange - traditional gingerbread cookies and peppermint-topped Millionaire Shortbread (shortbread topped with a caramel layer, then with chocolate, then with crunched up candy canes), also a picture of the goods others bought, we raised nearly $200 at the subsequent Bake Sale)







































(below: Christmas dinner - I cooked and hosted the fam! Stuffing,...err...stuffed squash and to the right - roast chicken with potatoes and stuffing. In the background you can see the mountain of mashed potatoes and carrots 'n cabbage plate.)

Ringing in a New Month

The holiday season is in full swing! Store displays are flashing with white, red, green and golds and the scent of baked goods and candy fill the air.

My apartment is no different - the sweet smell of gingerbread was in this air this weekend as I prepped for my holiday photo shoot. Not for me, silly - my cookies! (no, that's not some "milkshake" euphemism) I decided to do homemade holiday cards, and what could be more fitting than a cookie on the cover?

One "cover try" possibility:


Will be posting holiday baking throughout the month!