baking friday :) Brownies with Candy, and Onion Pretzels :) Sharing lots of smiles! :)

"Lets put some candy into these brownies!"- my nephew's Hunter, Jacob,Colby, Brody, and Brayden 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, Special Goodies Requests themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun!!! :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited seasonal cheer as we baked some awesome goodies today :) We're loving our adventures, and so happy and excited to begin our Christmas holiday season themed baking friday's next week :) 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, Holly, and i baked Brownies with candy, and Onion Pretzels :) it was so much fun! :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) The spirit of the season is all around :) We're getting ready for my mom's and Alyssa's upcoming birthday's, and baked some nice goodies for them today :)



Special Thanks! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family,Holly,and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a nice day, and we hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving :) We enjoyed a very special time sharing in and celebrating with everyone :) Thank you all, our dear angel friends for making our Thanksgiving very special, and memorable :) We're very happy and delighted everyone enjoyed our Thanksgiving journal, and our pictures :) We love these very special times, and all of the great memories being made :) We were thinking of you all often yesterday :) We all were with eachother in spirit, throughout the day :) During the evening yesterday, Alyssa and family came over :) We enjoyed some more Thanksgiving foods, and had some pumpkin pie :) We had the football game on last night :) we got good sleep :) we loved the very special joy of sharing in the Thanksgiving holiday moments, and all throughout the week, days leading up to Thanksgiving, with cooking ,baking, and all of the very special memories made, that we'll always treasure :) We look forward to celebrating the holiday season with everyone : )We love hearing about your seasonal festivities, traditions, and sharing ours :) Wishing everyone a wonderful upcoming holiday season as we get ready to welcome the month of December :)



This morning, we had a great new day, rising and shining :) 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! :) We love this very special day, and are very excited to countdown to our Christmas themed baking friday adventures :) next week, we're gonna begin to bake some of our favorite Christmas goodies :) it's gonna be so nice, and a pure joy :) i was up early this morning, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) it's been a great stretch of days, with all of the Thanksgiving time traditions, festivities, and wonderful times being shared with family and friends :) we look forward to sharing in an awesome Christmas holiday season with everyone :) lots of decorating, shopping, Christmas movies, baking, and lots more :) We'll be on snow watch soon ,with the upcoming winter season :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies, peanuts, sunflower seeds, and went outside for my nature walk :)



It's been a great stretch of nature days :) i had so much fun throughout the week, putting goodies outside for our nature friends, as a special Thanksgiving gift for them :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard :) we have some rain in our forecast today, it was still dry this early morning. :) it's been a bit crisp and cool in the mornings, but a bit warmer than earlier in the week. We're looking forard to seeing if we recieve some Christmas time snowfalls, as the month of December and winter season approaches :) Holly and i are looking forward to lots more nature adventures, and will definitely get our picture taken during one of the winter wonderland snowfalls this upcoming winter season :) Happy nature smiles :)



it was a sweet early morning : )We enjoyed our breakfast, and having some hot tea, water, and iced coffee :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, decorations, and went out into our kitchen to set up and decorate our kitchen ,for our super fun adventure :) Today, i decorated with a nice seasonal theme :) our kitchen looked great! :) it's very special to us, baking the onion pretzels (my mom's favorite), and Brownies (Alyssa's favorite), for my mom's and Alyssa's special birthday baking friday request :) As the morning went on ,we put some sports radio on,and around mid-day,enjoyed a nice lunch :) We love having thanksgiving leftovers :) we're very thankful for all of the nice foods to enjoy :) i made some nice onion pretzel dough, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)



Around 3pm, Jenn and the kids came over, and the triplets and Brody came over :) lots of great spirited excitement in the air :) Hunter and Mikey brought some candy over to add into the brownies :) The kids are enjoying their Thanksgiving vacation from school :) they're looking forward to the upcoming Christmas season, and have been letting us know about some cool toys, gifts they'd like for Christmas :) We began to gather in our kitchen:) The kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) the kids, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) You all are always right there with us in spirit :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies 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 unite! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)



We began our super fun adventure! :) baking friday teamwork! :) We first began to prepare the brownies :) The kids were so excited to add candy into the brownies, that the kids brought :)We added the brownies mix and ingredients into the bowl :) We were sharing lots of smiles :) my mom came out into the kitchen at times, and you all were right there with us in spirit :) the kids love to crack open the eggs :) we began to super stir the brownies mix :) Holly and i love cheering on the kids, as they stir the ingredients :) the kids all opened up th candy, m&m's, snickers, hershey's, twix, and lots more as long as it chocolate candy :) We then stirred the brownies mix some more, and i used butter to grease the baking pan :) We then poured the brownies mix into the pan, and i put the candy brownies into the oven to bake :) The kids were so excited, and wanted to see the brownies as they were baking :) i had the oven light on, so the kids could see the brownies :)



As the brownies were baking, we prepared the onion pretzels :) the pretzel dough had rised nicely :) i cut the pretzel dough into portions, and we made the dough into nice pretzels shapes :) on the stove, i got some water heating up in a cooking pot :) i used a metal spatula to remove the pretzels out of the hot water, and put the pretzels onto a butter greased baking pan :) we melted some butter, and added in the onion flakes,and drizzled the butter/onion flakes onto the pretzels, and made an everything seasoning pretzel for my mom too :) i then put the pretzels into the oven to bake :)



We did some cleaning up in the kitchen, the kids were coming back and forth, from the kitchen and living room :) the brownies finished baking ,i brought the brownies out of the oven to cool down :) The pretzels were baking nicely :) i cut the brownies, took a picture of the brownies, and we all began to dig in :) The brownies came out great :) i put some brownies on an aluminum foil, for my niece Alyssa :) She came over after work :) The pretzels finished baking ,they baked nicely :) We love fresh hot pretzels :) The pretzels and brownies are awesome :) We had so much fun baking goodies today :) i thanked the kids, and Holly for helping bake :) We're looking forward to many more super fun baking friday adventures :) next week, we're going to begin our happy countdown to Christmas, baking friday's :) a very special shoutout for family and friends :) Lots of great baking, and cooking this week :) big week for cooking and baking with Thanksgiving time :) We love hearing about the nice 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 25th, 2022 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying a great day! :) baking friday! :) sweet spirited excitement of the season! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy,and in good spirits :) We're loving the week, and all the awesome spirit in the air :) it was so much fun baking goodies today :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) the weekend is arriving with lots of awesome seasonal spirit :) We love the weekend's! :) Tomorrow, we're gonna go shopping at the dollar tree :) we're going to buy some gifts, candy, and snacks :) We love the dollar tree :) Holly and i are also gonna have a fun ,popcorn movies party :) We're picking out some awesome movies to watch :) we're gonna make some popcorn, and having some candy :)



On Sunday, we're going to have a football party :) We've got some great Thanksgiving leftovers, and gonna watch the football games :) The Commanders have a big game on sunday, they can improve their record to 7-5 with a win :) So excited! :) they've been playing great football :) it's gonna be an awesome weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) You all are very special, dear angel friends :) We're having so much fun sharing in the week, and looking forward to the upcoming holiday season with everyone :)



There's so much more to look forward too, as the month of November shines :) We're very happy,thankful,and blessed, to have you all in our lives,and to be able to share in these very special times of the season with you all :) Thank you angel friends, so very much ,for all that you do for us, for comforting us, uplifting our spirits, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group, happy sunny warm caring friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :) wishing everyone continued joys of a beautiful month of November :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a great day :) Today, the kids, Holly,and i baked onion pretzels, and brownies for baking friday :) We love these very special, spirited fun times, and all of the great memories being made :) We're gonna go shopping tomorrow, watching movies, and also looking forward to the football games on sunday :) thinking of you, our dear friend :)



my mom, Holly,and family says hello :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy,and enjoying a nice day,and a really good baking friday :) Awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) Your friendships are very special to us :) We wish everyone a healthy, safe, and peaceful weekend :)



Happy baking friday! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) We're getting ready for some sweet festive Christmas time baking! :) my family, Holly, and i are very happy and excited to share in the season with everyone :)a very special thanks, for celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday and season with us :) We enjoyed a very special time share in all of the Thanksgiving festivities, and traditions with everyone, and are looking forward to the holiday season :) it's a wonderful time of the year :)We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) Today, the kids, Holly, and i are baking onion pretzels, and brownies :) a very special request from my mom and Alyssa, for their upcoming birthday's :) 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 unite! :) 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 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 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, Holly, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, during these very special, spirited fun times sharing lots of smiles and spirited baking friday cheer! :) We're so happy and excited, to enjoy our november baking friday adventures, as we countdown to the holiday season :)
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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, super stirring, and of course enjoying the goodies we bake :) We're so proud of the kids, and all that they're learning about baking, and cooking :) We're baking some of our favorite goodies this month, counting down to the holiday season and our Christmas themed adventures :) Happy baking friday smiles :)
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The kids love to make funny faces :) 


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The kids had so much fun adding candy into the brownies! :) 


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Preparing the pretzels :) 


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Brownies with candy,and Onion Pretzels! :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) the kids, Holly, and i had lots of fun baking goodies :) We love these awesome times, and all of the sweet spirit of the season :) baking friday :)
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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you Holly and your family are doing well and enjoyed baking, The pretzels and brownies look great. The boys always have a great time with you and Holly. Your kitchen decorations look very nice too Glad you;;re looking forward to a fun weekend with your favorite activities, Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
Ladybug7
Ladybug7

Hey Chris! Glad you guys had fun in the kitchen today! Great pictures of all of you. Hope you enjoy shopping and the popcorn movie party tomorrow. Love and hugs.
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great idea putting candies in the brownies! Way to go Team Bakers. Another delicious day.

What a busy week of baking & cooking. Time to relax. Thanks for sharing your day!

Hugs! Brooke & Henri
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

Way to go baking team!! I’ll bet those brownies were the best ever! Your house must smell like a bakery:) I love the picture with all of you together:). Sooo sweet!!

We’re watching It’s a Wonderful Life. It is, isn’t it?!

Love you all:)
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

wow another successful baking Fri! I'll have some brownies and pretzels, Please. Nice time had by all. I love the funny faces the kids make. hugs
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

Hi Chris, what a great pic of you and Holly and the boys and they look like they had so much fun helping with the baking. Those onion pretzels and brownies sure do look yummy, your family must love you for baking all these goodies every week.
Enjoy your shopping at the dollar tree today and your movie marathon later.
Hugs Jeannie
Squarley
Squarley

Hello to all team bakers what a great day very Thanksgiving festive time Christmas is coming soon you’ll be doing your Christmas town we’re looking forward to sharing all these days and traditions of food looks delicious I bet everybody had a great time all the smiles, I love seeing Holly tell her I said a special hello we love you all bunches we’re looking forward to talking to you soon Bruce said a big hello we love you have a great weekend!! :)