I’m finally settling in to my winter break, now that grades were posted yesterday. While I already had all my English grades over the weekend, my Math for Business and Economics professor waited until the very last second–I know because I refreshed that page probably twenty times yesterday!–to post. B+. Not bad for an English … [Read more…]
With Christmas only 5 days away, it was time to don the aprons and take part in the annual family tradition of baking with my mom and sister. Given the small kitchen at my house and the oven that burns everything at my sister’s house, we converged on our mom, laden with bags of supplies, … [Read more…]
Remember when I said I have a bit of a baking addiction? Yeah… 3 days into the winter break and I have made: vanilla wafers, graham crackers, marshmallows, Captain Morgan coconut fudge, banana coffee cake with chocolate chip streusel, and the brioche dough for banana bourbon cinnamon rolls. Plus frozen chocolate covered banana bites for … [Read more…]
Especially blissful vanilla bean scones. Heaven in a mouthful. Ooo…that almost sounds dirty. Really, though, I cannot get enough of these. It all started a month ago or so when I was at Target with my daughter. We sauntered over to the Starbucks booth, ready to purchase her requisite vanilla milk and a white chocolate … [Read more…]