As I mentioned last week, holiday baking is one of my absolute favorite part of the holidays. I’m talented at very few things in life besides baking, so I have to take advantage of the time of the year that it really comes in handy! Unfortunately, my other talent (reading young adult books at an alarmingly fast pace) never really comes in handy, so this is all I have, people.
Christmas is almost here, and along with present-opening, stocking-stuffing, and entire days spent in footie pajamas comes hours and hours of baking and cooking to shower friends and family with a whole lot of holiday lovin’. There is nothing I love more than baking up gifts for everyone I love, and then sharing a wonderful meal with my family on Christmas. I LOVE living in the kitchen around the holidays. Even when my “home sweet home” is 75 degrees and sunny in Southern California, all-day-every-day cooking and baking is an absolute must.
Oftentimes, I wish I could be one of “those” people. You know the person I’m talking about. The kind of person that has homemade chocolate chip cookies in their cookie jar, instead of Chips Ahoys. The kind of person that makes a family-size lasagna or pot of chili and freezes the rest for meals throughout the coming weeks, rather than stuffing themselves and their boyfriend to the gills, then eating it for the next 3 days straight until neither of them can look at aforementioned once-delicious family-style meal. Too real?
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic day of family, football, a few too many cocktails, and pumpkin pie.
Mmmm…speaking of pumpkin pie…
I’m sure it will surprise exactly zero people that I am still not tired of pumpkin, particularly in pie form. Even the day after we ran out of pie leftovers, I was still like, “Damn, I could use some pumpkin pie right now.” Is anyone with me on this? I hope so, because this post is for you, fellow never-ending pie enthusiasts. Also, pie is a super awesome Christmas/holiday party dessert. So, conclusion: pumpkin pie is still relevant and I’m going to talk about it.