I have always enjoyed spending time in the kitchen. However, it seems these last few years with being so busy with the kids, I haven't had much time to spend in the kitchen, cooking GOOD meals or baking. So, since this was my first REAL week off, I decided to kick up my kitchen experience a notch or two.
Before I went to the grocery store earlier in the week, I asked the guys what kinds of cookies they'd like me to bake. I was baking double batches of everything since the freezer's stockpile was gone! Kole wanted peanut butter blossoms, with a star in the middle, just like Grandma Suddendorf used to make. Well 2 grocery stores later, no chocolate stars. I didn't see what the big deal of using a Hershey's kiss was instead, but I was wrong! If only I could find the chocolate stars to show Kole the ingredients are basically the same. We froze 8 containers of cookies, and saved an additional container to surprise some friends with. Their surprise only lasted a day though as their mom rarely bakes cookies, so it was an extra-special treat!
Today I noticed how "yuck" the bananas were looking, so I decided to bake a banana pie and banana bread. Max had this banana bread that everyone loved, so that was the recipe I made. And for once, I was patient enough with the creme pudding for the pie that it didn't stick to the bottom of my pot.
Just a few minutes ago as I was getting ready to make a ranch chicken dish, I noticed I was out of creme cheese. Thank goodness Kev was going right by Kroger on his way home--crisis averted! However, there may be a new crisis on the horizon--I went to put something in the microwave and there was a cup of melted butter. Hmm, was that to go in the banana bread? I guess we'll see how it tastes in the morning! SHH don't say anything!
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