Its PUMPKIN time!!!!

Alright, I admit I didn't grow a garden this year. A fact that has me a bit more than sad, but alas I will live on! I have never even planted pumpkin anyway~I get mine on beautiful Green Bluff. We are going this weekend, and then I will bake it and freeze it to make MANY pumpkiny delights! One of my most favorite things to make are those Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cheese muffins! Here is the recipe and I challenge you to only eat one....I myself could eat the whole PAN! They are a bit more work than a normal muffin but OH so worth it!!

http://www.food.com/recipe/pumpkin-cream-cheese-muffins-like-starbucks-189156

Unleavened Bread

I grew up using this recipe for communion bread and today I made it. It is VERY easy and quite tasty. The only problem is there isn't enough :)

1 Cup Flour
1/4 Cup Sesame Seeds
1/4 Cup Quick Oats
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Oil
1/3 Cup Water
1 Tablespoon Honey

Mix dry ingredients together and add rest of wet ones. Roll thinly out on baking stone score and bake 10-15 min. at 400 degrees!

Catching up...

This summer was quite a summer, marked by pain, suffering, and deep grieving. My best friends husband lost his 3 1/2 month battle with an undiagnosed cancer on August 21, 2011. I cant even begin to tell you all the wonderful memories and stories I have from 20 years ago til this summer. This isn't quite the place.
I will say that it has taken a lot out of me and my zeal for baking~just hasn't been what it was.

Today I felt life coming back into me though baking in my kitchen again. I began to bake again and feel somewhat normal. In fact I have an excitement for fall and all the fun baking that comes along with those cold dark days......

Life will go on....painful at times but I cant wallow in the pain for I know Peter is in such a better place. I must carry on, like his sweet children who are marked by his death yet, are able to find true happiness in the day to day life.

Therefor I bake....


The Apple and Pumpkin are here!