these cookies

are our family’s favorite.

i love this picture.

and i love these cookies.

delicious + easy

peanut butter chocolate fudge. salt on some of it. (the salt adds a surprising bit of flavor)

recipe from the sophisticated gourmet

i made my first pot roast today! in a dutch oven, with lots of coaching from mom.

gingersnaps + coffee

mmmm.

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learning to make lattes

That’s what I’ve been doing lately. Gotta keep practicing frothing my milk!

Don’t  you love her sweater?

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Thanksgiving Prep

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day! And  you know me, I love to bake. So there has been lots of baking going on :)

Clara made a berry pie yesterday, this morning I made an apple pie, Mom made Mema’s cranberry jello, I also made rolls, and I made a pumpkin cheesecake pie. (Graham cracker crust pies, by the way, are the very easiest to make.)

Oh, and this apron. I made it in Mom’s sewing class!

*Photo credit to my sister Clara

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i am so proud of this cake

Honestly. I think it might just be the prettiest cake I’ve ever made. I learned how to do the sort-of firework design first from here and then from the July issue of the Martha Stewart Living magazine.

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poached egg on toast

This was my breakfast yesterday morning. Delicious and  simple to make, and I have to say that successfully making a poached egg is so fulfilling.

I learned how from the Smitten Kitchen!

I like to think that this vintage checkerboard that I always put my food on is just my beautiful countertop.