Starting off the New Year Right

Hello everyone in Bloggerland! At my friend Jaynie's urging, I am here to write a new post. (But it will have to be quick because I need to leave for work in a few minutes!)

Here is a picture of my favorite cookie I made over the holidays:
It is a huge sugar cookie with left-over pecan rocha strussle on top. Yum! Bryan convinced me to make the cookie so large because I was despairing of ever being done rolling and baking all that dough. Note to self: next year, do a half-batch of sugar cookies!

And here is my puppy dog, celebrating the new year:

I hope you are all having a good start to your new year. I have been keeping my sink shiny, and reading a lot more (both in the Bible and other books). Ooh... and I have been playing my piano. So I have been keeping myself busy and doing things that I enjoy.

This past weekend I baked my first loaf of bread for the cold season (I can't believe I've waited this long!) and I have some more dough in the fridge, so I will be baking more soon. I will try to snap a few pictures and post them here.

Until then... happy baking!

Less of This in 2008

This loaf of bread is brought to you as a gentle reminder to always mark your bulk goods, even if you think there is no way you could mistake that item for anything else.

I made this loaf of bread a few days ago, and thought I was using a mix of whole wheat and white bread flours. Unfortunately, it turned out that I was using 100% whole wheat flour - and the brick I had to show for it was so unappealing that I ate one small slice and deposited the rest in the trash.

Here's hoping that 2008 will contain less flops in the kitchen, and more and more tasty foods to share with friends and family.

God bless you in the new year!