Baking

The smells of baking are wafting through the air. The snow is piling up outside. Pandora is playing Christmas music on the computer. How I love this time of year. I have been busy in the kitchen baking this-n-that. We started on Sunday when some friends joined us to do some baking. 

We've made peanut butter kiss cookies, lady fingers, Mexican wedding cake cookies, roll out cookies, soda cracker toffee, pumpkin bread and zucchini banana bread. 

I've had my hands full trying to keep large and small fingers out of everything. 

Most of the stuff I've baked so far is pretty much common Christmas goodies. If something I've listed peaks your interest and you don't have the recipe just respond on my blog and I'll get it to you. 

I'm a toffee addict. I had the soda cracker toffee and would have never guessed the base was crackers. 

Here's the recipe. 

Soda Cracker Toffee 

1c brown sugar

1 c butter

Sleeve of soda crackers

Chocolate chips

Nuts - chopped 

Using a 9x13 baking dish line the bottom of the pan with soda crackers. In a sauce pan combine the butter and brown sugar and boil for 3 or so minutes. Pour the syrup over the crackers. Bake for 5 minutes at 350 degrees. 

Pour chocolate chips over the top of the crackers mixture. Spread chocolate. Last layer is the nuts. Use whatever kind you have around the house or better yet, any kind you like. 

Let the toffee harden a little. Then, go ahead and try not to eat em. I dare you. 

A few things

I had an MRI last Thursday and I'll have a PET scan on Wednesday and combining the two scans will let them see how I'm doing head to toe. 

I've been feeling well. I like that things are returning to normal. Whatever that is, right? 

We put out tree up last week. Wouldn't you know it that every single strand of lights we had had something wrong with it. We ended up scrapping them all and getting LED lights. I can't say that they are my favorite. Super bright and the blue is so bright it'll burn holes in your eyes if you look at it too long. 

Things are looking mighty Christmassy around here. This is my favorite time of year but that's not telling you much if you know me.

 I don't want to get so wrapped up in "commercial" Christmas that I forget the real reason why we celebrate. It's amazing to think that just a few thousand years ago our Savior was born in a stable in Bethlehem. 

May you know the real reason for the season.