{Holiday Baking}

I know this post is slightly overdue,.... but better late than never right? I just had to share these pictures. My Mom and I did some holiday baking when I went home for Christmas. I think we got a little too ambitious,.... I was only home for 4 days and we had what seemed like hundreds of cookies that we wanted to make!

This is the dough for Spritz that I died green and red,..... and then we never made. :)

Check out this OLD cookbook that my Mom has! I photographed this page because I remember it from my childhood. I always thought those Galaxy Cookies were sooooo neat looking and always wanted to make them, but we never did. I guess we will have to get on that, just for fun one day.

We were also going to make these Rosettes,.... never did. :)

This is the making of Rozki. Super Secret Recipe,.... sorry.

And these are Date Filled Cookies. YUM.

It appears that I never took any pictures of the actual baked cookies. Not sure what happened there, sorry about that, but you can imagine what these turned out like,.... yup, DELICIOUS.

{We're Having A,....}

BOY!!!!!

So I made cupcakes! :) Aren't they adorable? I have already spent way too much time online searching for the perfect fabric for his room. Can't wait to meet this little guy! :)

{Cake Pedestal Love Cont.......}

Do you remember when I was swooning over these cake plates??? Well.....

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TA DA!!!

Aren't they precious! I think they will make an awesome addition to my slowly growing collection!!!

I also got this super cute Hello Betty Retro Jelly Roll! CUTE! I got this with absolutely NO intentions for a sewing project, but just because it is so cute to look at!! I received another jelly roll the other day and it is actually for making a quilt top and I was very sad to un-roll it :) I'm a dork.

You can get your own HERE.

{Sugary Sweet}

A little happy birthday treat for my friend and co-worker, Jessica! How cool are the silver William Sonoma sprinkles? These are just made from a strawberry cake mix, I was more interested in playing with my new cookie press filled with icing than the actual baking part. :)

{Cake Pedestal Love}

*SWOON*
I have been drooling over these pretty white cake pedestals ever since I discovered them on the Layla Grayce website! This HAS to be one of the cutest stores I have come across. It's hard not to want one of everything! For now, I will dream of adding these to my Cake Plate Collection. (after I get them, I will dream of sheets and quilts and rugs and....)

{Banana Pancakes & Sweet Champagne}

Happy Monday!! The weekend went by SO fast and I didn't do nearly as much as I had hoped! We DID manage to get to the Social Security Office to change my last name, take a walk with the crazy little dog and make homemade BANANA PANCAKES for dinner Saturday night! Ummm,.. these were AMAZING! Just look how yummy they are!!!!!

As you can see, I slaved away in the kitchen making breakfast for dinner!

Actually, I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to make pancakes from scratch!

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 ripe bananas, mashed

DIRECTIONS

Combine flour, white sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together egg, milk, vegetable oil and bananas.
Stir flour mixture into banana mixture; batter will be slightly lumpy. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Cook until pancakes are golden brown on both sides; serve hot.

I topped these with a bit of margarine, maple syrup, sliced banana pieces, whipped cream and chopped walnuts and served it up with a glass of pink champagne! Rest assured, we WILL be having these again SOON!

If you couldn't already tell they were yummy, here is my last bite (before I went back for two more cakes an hour later) :)

{Sunday Morning Cinnamon Buns}

I slept in a little late Sunday morning and when I finally got up and around (11am...YIKES) I decided I would make cinnamon buns for breakfast. As you can see, the process was a little more than opening a tube of buns, sticking them in the oven then slathering them in icing. These were virtually from scratch and they ended up being Sunday lunch... he he.

This is the finished dough before rising.....

after rising.

I am kind of lame and I don't even own a rolling pin.... BUT luckily I had this flat/skinny Old Spaghetti Warehouse glass from probably about 15 years ago :) It worked just fine.

Pre-oven....

YUMMMM,... ready for eating! They were DELISH! Tom said they were the best thing I ever made... not sure how I should take that now that I think about it.

On another note, I have enrolled in a six week, Intro to Digital SLR Photography course at a local community college. I CAN'T WAIT!! I have tried to sit down with my manual and just test things out, but I am a visual learner, I am better off if someone shows me!

Also, I just received two beautiful packages that contain lots of lovelies that will soon adorn the tops of some of my patchwork boxes! Stay tuned, I am going to take pictures of these sweet & colorful presents!