baking friday :) Brownies and Onion Pretzels :) Spirited fun, and sharing lots of smiles! :)

"Lets bake, and lets eat!" my nephew's Hunter, Colby, Jacob, Brayden, Carter, and Brody said that today, during baking friday! :)


baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters! :) hehe! :)cookie monsters unite! :) it's baking friday!!! :) oh my! :) A super fun, and super sweet, Spirited fun baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun! :) we had the flour flying in the air, and sharing lots of smiles, baking up some awesome goodies! :) We've been enjoying our November baking friday adventures, so very much and very excited to blossom into our Christmas holiday themed baking friday adventures :) Celebrating the spirit of the season! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :)



We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) keeping with the tradition ,a wonderfully wholesome tradition :) Today, the kids and i baked Onion Pretzels, and Brownies :) it was so much fun! :) We had a full baking friday crew :) The kids were so excited to help make the goodies, and are looking forward to all of the holiday season baking beginning next week :) we're enjoying teaching Brody and Carter how to bake and cook :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these very special times :) We're loving the spirit of the season, and so happy and excited to blossom into the holiday season with everyone :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :)



A Wonderful Thanksgiving to Remember! :) Special Thanks! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day :) We hope everyone enjoyed a very blessed, and happy Thankgiving :) we love hearing about your Thanksgiving holiday, and sharing ours :) We were thinking of you and your family's often yesterday :) Thank you all so very much, for making our Thanksgiving very special, and memorable :) We're very happy and thankful :) We had such a wonderful time, sharing in all of the moments with family and friends :) it felt like we were all right there with eachother in spirit, throughout the day :) from all of the sharings, heart-felt moments, and smiles being shared :) a wonderful Thanksgiving, and lots of great memories made to always cherish and treasure :) We enjoyed the parade, Thanksgiving feast at family's home, football games, desserts, and all of the wonderful spirit of the holiday :)



during the evening yesterday, Alyssa and family were here :) We had some foods, snacks, drinks :) We gave our cat Tiger her first ever, turkey dinner, with nice small pieces of turkey, and gravy :)She loved it! :) aww! :) all of our pets enjoyed some nice foods :) it was such a very special joy, the heart warming sharings of a wonderful Thankgiving together, with family, and friends :) We have so much to be thankful for :) One of our favorite joys, after a holiday, is hearing about all of the times you and your family's shared, and sharing about our times :) Your friendships are very special to us :) We had such a fun and very special time, celebrating the Thanksgiving week with everyone, and are so happy and excited to blossom into the holiday season with everyone :) There's lots more special times, and seasonal celebrations to look forward too with december approaching, and Christmas holiday season :) Wishing us all, a very happy, and joyful holiday season :) We're looking forward to all of the sharings, and wonderful moments with many special memories being made :)



Blossoming into the holiday season spirit! :) This morning, we had a nice new day, rising and shining :) We got a good night's rest last night :) i was up early this morning ,enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :) a very special friday tradition i love very much ,is wishing my family, Holly, and friends a happy baking friday, and i share with my family and Holly, your sweet happy baking friday wishes :)awww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) We love the special baking friday tradition, and are so happy and excited to blossom into our annual Christmas holiday season baking friday adventures beginning next week :) as the week goes on, we're gonna be bringing out our Christmas baking supplies, and will be baking some awesome holiday favorite recipes, and trying new recipes too :) it's gonna be so much fun :) We love hearing about your baking, cooking, and all of your favorite holiday recipes :) Today we planned some nice brownies, and onion pretzels baking, for my mom and Alyssa, for their upcoming birthday's :) They love brownies ,and onion pretzels :) i began to get ready for my early morning nature walk, our nature friends have been enjoying their Thanksgiving feast week, with lots of goodies :) i'm so excited to put goodies outside for them each day, and through all of the holiday season :) i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside :) we had some rain in our area, i put the goodies in our backyard, for our nature friends :) We've been enjoying these golden days of fall season ,and are looking forward to seeing some winter wonderland snowfalls soon :) we always hopefor some snowfalls, during the holiday season :)



It was a sweet early morning, with lots of spirited joy :) We enjoyed our breakfast,and had some water, hot tea, and iced coffee :) Cheers! to the spirit of the season, and welcoming the holiday's :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations and went out into our kitchen to begin setting up and decorating our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) it's a special part of the baking friday each week :) i love to decorate :) today i decorated with a November theme :) our kitchen looked great! :) as the morning went on, Holly and i put the sports radio on :) We love the football sports talk :) around mid-day, we enjoyed some nice Thankgiving leftovers for lunch :) We love Thanksgiving leftovers :) during the early afternoon ,i prepared some pretzel dough, so that the dough could rise well, before our baking friday adventure :) i also enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and put finishing touches on our kitchen preparations, including washing some pans, and getting our counter all set :)



Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and the triplets, and Brody came over :)the kids are enjoying their thanksgiving vacation from school, and are so happy and excited for Christmas time :) They're making their Christmas lists :) We all began to gather in our kitchen, we got our picture taken :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies, that we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) i wear my nice apron Holly gave me, and we use our nice oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our supplies, are a big part of our baking, and cooking each week :) Our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to bake some awesome goodies :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) cookie monsters untie! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)
We began our super fun adventure! :) baking friday teamwork! :) We first began to prepare the brownies :) They're one of our favorite goodies, they always are requested by the kids :) Brody's been asking this week, "Chris, we bake brownies!" awww! :) i said, "Sure!" :) the kids are great helpers! :) We had a full baking friday crew today :) Brody, Carter, Jacob, Colby, and Hunter all helped :) We love these awesome spirited fun times :) my mom was coming out into the kitchen :) Jenn and Mike had some errands to do, shopping at the store :) The kids were so excited, super stirring the ingredients after adding the ingredients into the bowl :) we're enjoying teaching Carter and Brody how to bake and cook :) They are saying more words now, and one of their favorite words to say hi, and treats to eat, is Brownies! :) we were shairng lots of smiles :) You all were right there with us in spirit :) We're so happy and excited, baking lots of goodies, and getting to share our adventures with everyone :)



i got a baking pan, and used butter to grease the pan, and we poured the brownies mix into the pan ,and i put the brownies into the oven to bake :) As the brownies were baking, we began to prepare the onion pretzels :)the dough had rised nicely :) i cut the dough into portions :) the kids and i then made the dough into pretzels shapes, i had some water on the stove heating in a cooking pot, for the pretzels to go into the water, the pretzels get larger when you put them into the water for about a minute :) i used butter to grease the baking pan, and used a metal spatula to put the pretzels onto the pan, and we then melted some butter, and added in the onion flakes into the butter, and drizzled the butter onto the pretzels, with some extra onion flakes on top of the pretzels, and then put the pretzels into the oven to bake :)



We did some cleaning up in the kitchen, the kids were having fun playing, going back and forth from the kitchen and living room :) Holly came up for a little while, she's gonna be re-joining in on the baking friday adventures very soon :) Alyssa  came over work, after 4pm :) The brownies finished baking, i brought them out of the oven to cool down :) the pretzels baked nicely, for about 20 minutes :)i brought the pretzels out :) i cut the brownies, and also put the pretzels onto a platter :) i took pictures of the goodies, and we all then began to dig in :) We had so much fun baking goodies today :) i thanked the kids for helping bake :) We love our adventures, and are so happy and excited to bake some Christmas holiday goodies beginning next week :) There's lots more super fun adventures to look forward too :) A very special shoutou for family and friends :) Lots of great baking ,and cooking this week :) We love hearing about the goodies and foods you all bake and cook :) We're all with eachother in spirit in our kitchens :) This is so much fun, and very special :) i wish we all could gather, and have a big baking friday picnic :) Brownies, and Onion Pretzels, dedicated to our wonderful family, friends, and to the awesome spirit of the season :) We love you all so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) November 26th, 2021 :) Happy baking friday and happy holiday season everyone! :)



We're enjoying a great day! :) baking friday! :) Spirit of the season! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in great spirits :) it was so much fun, baking goodies today and celebrating Thanksgiving yesterday :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) We love these very special times, sharing in, and celebrating with everyone :) The weekend is arriving with lots of seasonal spirit :) We love the weekend's :) Tomorrow, Holly and i are going to have a popcorn movies marathon party, watching some movies, having foods, snacks, and drinks :) We're going to pick out a new movie to watch saturday night :) we're also gonna bring out some Christmas decorations, getting ready to decorate our home for the holiday's :) on Sunday, it's my mom's birthday :) We look forward to celebrating with everyone, and giving my mom some nice gifts :) it's gonna be a wonderful weekend :) We look forward to sharing our weekend celebrations, festivities, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) There's lots more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 episodes of Most Haunted show :) We love our fun friday night paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much for all of your wonderful love, care, warm well wishes, support, prayers, and for all that you do for us :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group warm caring, happy sunny friendship hug :) We wish everyone a peaceful evening and night, and a healthy, safe, and happy weekend :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a great day :) Today, the kids and i baked brownies, and onion pretzels for baking friday :) We love these very special spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) We're very happy and excited to blossom into the weekend, with a popcorn movies day tomorrow, bringing out our Christmas decorations, celebrating mom's birthday on sunday, and watching football :) it's such a wonderful time of the year :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom, Holly, and family says hi :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a great day and a nice baking friday :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We think of you and your family's often :) We're so happy and excited, to share in and celebrate lots more special times with everyone, as we get ready to blossom into the holiday season :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and a happy weekend :)



Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) Happy countdown to the holiday season! :) my family, Holly, and i are so happy and excited to share in, and celebrate the wonderful joys of the season with everyone : )We enjoyed a very special time, celebrating the Thanksgiving season and holiday with everyone, and so happy and excited to blossom into the Christmas holiday season with everyone :) We're celebrating seasonal cheer today, as we get ready to welcome the 2021 Holiday season :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, we're baking brownies, and onion pretzels :) 2 of our favorite treats :) Thank you everyone, so very much, for joining us in our kitchen each week, and for welcoming us into your kitchens :) This is so much fun, and very special :) calling all cookie monsters! :) Cookie monsters unit! :) It's time to bake! bake! bake! : )
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Baking friday supplies! :) We have a very special shoutout, and thank you for my niece Alyssa :) She went shopping this week, and picked up some nice baking friday supplies :) It's very nice and sweet of her :) Thank you Alyssa, so very much! :) We all love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) We love this very special tradition in our lives :)
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Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) The baking friday crew! :) The kids and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these very special, spirited fun times :) Sharing lots of smiles, and baking friday cheer! :)
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Baking friday teamwork! :) Preparing the goodies! :) The kids love to help! :) They're great helpers :) they get so proud, adding the ingredients to the bowl, super stirring, and of course enjoying the goodies we bake :) We're so proud of the kids, and all of the great learning, they love to bake and cook :) We're loving our baking friday adventures, and so excited for lots more baking, Christmas holiday baking season coming up :)
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Brownies and Onion Pretzels! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) The kids and i had lots of fun baking goodies today :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) We love this awesome tradition, and so happy and excited for all of the Christmas holiday season festivities, and traditions to share in :) baking friday :)
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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are doing well and enjoyed baling. The brownies and pretzels came out great. Your kitchen decorations look very nice. The kitchen crew photo is a good one too.The boys always have a fun time with uncle Chris each week Glad you're looing forward to your mom's and Alyssa's birthday soon and have lots of decorating for the holidays to look forward to as well Thanks for all my nice hugs today Enjoy a good night Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Love all the big smiles & funny faces. Great job Team Bakers. Nice to see a full kitchen. I will have two pretzels & a brownie. Thanks for sharing your day! Brightened mine! Hugs! Brooke & Henri
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

WOW a fun time had by all. Okay I'd like one of each :D you all did a great job!
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

It’s so good to see the whole gang back together again for baking Friday and the boys all look so happy. Your brownies and onion pretzels look pretty good and I wouldn’t mind trying them and, lol Enjoy your movie marathon today and decorating for Christmas when you get the chance.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend
Hugs Jeannie
Squarley
Squarley

Hi Chris so happy to see your pictures it was somewhat a special day the pictures ment so much to me the smiles on the kids faces really gave me joy. Everyone was having a good time the food looks good I love your table every week you just fix something special and I look forward to it you bring so much joy into our lives and I thank you so much for sharing these days and these traditions with us we are so blessed and grateful have a wonderful weekend will talk to you soon you stay safe warm and healthy we love you all bunches from your friends in Kentucky ,Shirley and Bruce<3