A December day

Saturday I had the whole day set aside to play in the kitchen.  It was cold outside but sunny, nice and warm inside.  Christmas music playing, extra boards in the kitchen table – so much nicer working in this present kitchen.  My previous kitchen left me often feeling grouchy til I was done trying to make things – especially baking.
So with plenty of supplies sitting at the end of the table I was ready to get started.

I made fudge this year for the first time.  I gotta move it out as quickly as possible – it’s my biggest temptation in the chocolate department.  I used the recipe from Classy Treats.  I first used her tip of using a warm knife to cut the fudge and then switched to my pizza cutter - worked wonderfully.

A favorite – pretzels, Hershey Kisses and M&M’s – a great sweet, salty bite.

With a few more baked things I have the start of an assortment of things to put a tray together whenever needed the next few days.
But the favorite part of the day was later – much later - that evening when things were all cleaned up and made a trip out to the retrieve the mail.  When I turned around to head back to the house the moon greeted me…

Silent night, Holy night, All is Calm, All is Bright.