Still Cookin'

Day 2 of my three day Thanksgiving cooking marathon. I’m le tired. But I’m really excited for Thanksgiving tomorrow. This is the first Thanksgiving I’ve ever hosted, and other than the turkey, it’s 100% made by me. Wow. So far I’ve done:

• Buttermilk Potato Rolls and Bread
• Cayenne Caramel Corn
• Supremed Grapefruit
• Spiced Apple Pear Pie
• Pumpkin Pie
• More Cranberry Nut Bread
• Cornbread for the cornbread stuffing
• Pumpkin Dip

On the agenda for tomorrow morning:

• Breakfast Casserole (for breakfast, of course!)
• Cornbread Stuffing
• Green Beans
• Cranberry Sauce
• Reheat previously mentioned rolls and pies
• Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

And with some help from my mom (who arrived today with my dad!) and the turkey covered by my sister and brother in law, we will be ready to feast. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Bread, I said!

Last year for Thanksgiving I decided to make bread for the first time. Long story short, it turned out awful. I over kneaded the bread, I added too much flour, and it just turned out terrible. Even more unfortunately, I convinced myself it wasn't that bad and still served it. (Sorry family!)

So I asked Sarah for a recontamination for an idiot-proof bread recipe.  I decided to try the Buttermilk Potato Bread from Joy of Cooking.

 It was a long process, from the cutting, peeling and mashing potatoes, to the proofing, rolling, and baking the bread. But it was a lot of fun, and best of all, the bread turned out amazing.

I made cloverleaf rolls to eat with Thanksgiving dinner, and a loaf of bread to much on in the mean time. Yum!

I also made cayenne caramel corn, spiced apple pear pie, and roasted pumpkins for the pumpkin pie. It was a busy baking day, and tomorrow's more of the same. It's nice to have time to do all these fun projects in the kitchen- I'm counting down the days until I can bite into one of those rolls!

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Cranberry Bread

Fall = all things wonderful: honey crisp apples, pumpkin (and more importantly, pumpkin pie spice!), apple cider, and cranberries. Love.

I woke up this morning starving. After a bit of debating, I decided I had enough time to bake a loaf of cranberry nut bread.

I always use this recipe from Ocean Spray, and make a few modifications. This time I was out of orange juice, so I subbed it and the zest for apple cider. Yum!