I apologize for the next upcoming year. I have a feeling that there is going to be a lot more wedding talk on She Bakes Here. 🙂
Don’t worry, there will still be cookies, muffins and lots of photos of other baked goods. Recipe postings will still continue, only now there might be an update here and there about our wedding plans. With less than a year left, we really have to get a move on, seeing as how we barely know what we’re doing and even if we’re doing it right.
It can make a Friday night more bearable when your boyfriend is stuck working late and your friends cancel plans with you at the last minute.
Or also because you spent twice as long getting home from your daily commute from work since it’s summer time and apparently summer time also means road construction season.
And because you came home to an empty fridge and ate cold leftover pizza for supper, which is a little sad because its also the same cold, leftover pizza you brought to work for lunch.
But mostly it’s because nothing is more wholesome than baking cookies. It makes a home feel like a home and can bring a smile to any face. Whenever I move to a new place, I try to bake cookies within the first week. Despite being surrounded by boxes and usually having to dig out the essential spatula and baking sheets, I find that it brightens up the place. Plus it’s a nice break from unpacking.
When I started thinking up cookie recipes in my head, I usually have a pretty good idea of how I want them to turn out.
Whether or not they turn out this way is a whole other story.
These cookies were originally envisioned as a drop cookie with espresso powder and dark chocolate chips. When I realized I didn’t have chocolate chips, I scrapped that idea and decided to use the same recipe, only roll the dough in cookie crumbs before baking.
During my summer trip, we made a stop off at my Grandma’s house. I love visiting her place. She’s lived there for over 40 years and except for some carpet changes and a few small renovations, it’s still the same as I remember while growing up. She has a nice big back yard with a large garden and raspberry bushes. Her basement is filled with old board games from the 70’s that used to belong to my Mom and my Uncle. Up until a couple years ago, there used to be boxes and boxes of old comic books (from Marvel and DC superheros, to Archies and Richie Rich), until my Uncle reclaimed them. She doesn’t have internet, but her TV is right next to the dining room table and we usually spend the evenings socializing, watching sports and doing jigsaw puzzles.
Another thing I love about her place in the summer is that she has air conditioning and her kitchen is always stocked and ready for baking. On this particular visit, we found ourselves making savoury cinnamon buns at midnight. For over 20 years she worked in a restaurant in her small town, so this wasn’t just any handed-down recipe. This was a bread recipe that she perfected in their kitchen and its definitely a recipe I’ve been meaning to get my hands on for a while.
I can’t believe it’s been over 3 weeks since I last blogged. Bad Jessica, bad, bad Jessica.
Sometimes you just need to get away though, and what better way is there than to surround yourself with family and food? The joke in our family is that no matter what kind of get-together we plan, there is always tons of food involved. My brother Nathan and I joke that we always gain weight when we go home to visit, but that’s what happens when you have a family that loves food. My Grandma cooked in a restaurant for over 20 years and my mom loves to have people over and feed them. No one leaves our home hungry.
Canadian food blogger, baking and eating her way through life. Musical theatre fanatic. Personal finance nerd. Sometimes runner/yogi. Green smoothies are pretty amazing.
