Beginning to Bake

 So recently I have started baking.  I absolutely LOVE it, although it is pretty time consuming with the projects I have done...which is mostly bread.  My first project was Cinnamon Raisin Bread and boy was it yummy!  The recipe that I used made three loaves and my grandma actually ended up with two of those loaves.  It was very good bread, but if I did have any criticism for this batch it would be that I need better quality cinnamon.  It just wasn't fresh enough tasting, TO ME, and really showed me that the quality of the ingredients really do matter.  Although, my grandma said that the cinnamon tasted perfect to her.  Everyone knows how parents and

grandparents are....you can never do anything wrong.  This is actually quintessential my grandma.  I can hardly do any wrong, because she birthed four boys and I was the oldest granddaughter from any of her sons, and lived with her for a lot of my life, so I am pretty much her oldest daughter (I have a younger sister).  Therefore that makes me more special to her too.  I know, I am a bit rotten, but in a good way!  teehee!  

The next thing that I baked was Chocolatey Chocolate-Chip and Almond Biscotti.  This was relatively simple to bake considering it always seemed like such a fancy food in the stores to purchase.  I then also baked cherry-almond scones the next day and they were SUPER yummy, but I unfortunately did not take any photos of it because when I finished baking the scones it was about two o'clock in the morning and needless to say I was super tired!  Especially after driving to my grandma's and putting her scones on her front door so she would have some nice scones for breakfast.