baking friday :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Monkey Bread! :)

"We love cookies! We're cookies monsters!"- my nephew's Mikey, Hunter, Jacob, Colby, and Brayden said that today, during baking friday! :)



baking friday! :) calling all cookei monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters! :) hehe :) cookie monsters unite!!! :) it's baking friday!!! :) oh my! :) a super fun, flour flying, cookies time themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun!!! :) We had the flour flying in the air in the kitchen today, sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer, as we baked up some awesome goodies :) We're blossoming into February baking :) The cookies are going fast, as we are cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) There's lots of great things going on :) 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, Alyssa, the kids, and i baked some chocolate chip cookies, and monkey bread :) it was so much fun :) the goodies are very popular,and are going fast :) We're so happy and excited, sharing in, and celebrating these special joyful times, withyou and your family's :) We love baking, it's such a fun, and joyful time :)



Sweet Joys of February Baking! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly,and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying an awesome day! :) It's a cozy day for some awesome baking, as it's a cold and windy day outside. There's just something so nice,about getting the kitchen cozy warm, baking some awesome goodies! :) We're so happy and excited, blossoming into the month of February, baking some goodies, and sharing in all of the cheer :) We've been looking forward to baking some goodies :) The monkey bread is a special treat, as Holly shared memories with us, of times she baked monkey bread in the past :) i remember about 3 or 4 years ago, we baked some for the first time, and it came out great :) this is the 2nd time, that we're baking monkey bread :) it's a really nice simple recipe :) some biscuits in a can, some sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter :) we've been looking forward to baking some nice goodies, and all of the joys of lots of great memories being made :)



This morning, we had a sweet new day, rising and shining :) a very special baking friday tradition i love very much, is wishing my family, Holly, and friends, a happy baking friday,and i share with my family, your wonderful happy baking friday wishes :) Thank you angel friends, so very much! :) You all are very nice, and sweet :) we're so happy, thankful, and blessed, to have this wonderful tradition in our lives :) The kids love to ask how many days until baking friday :) it's a sweet countdown each week :) There's so many nice recipes :) as the winter season is in full swing, it's awesome getting kitchen cozy warm, and baking up some awesome goodies :) it's our favorite day of the week, and tradition :) We love hearing about your baking, and cooking :) it always feels like we're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) Seasonal baking,from month to month, is so much fun, and brings a great joy,as there's holiday's, birthday's, special requests baking,and lots more :) We're planning a very special Valentine's day themed baking friday adventure next week, which is on Valentine's day :)



As the new day was blossoming, i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) it was still calm weather this morning, after some rain overnight. it wasn't windy yet, but we knew some winds would be coming soon. i put lots of goodies in our backyard, for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) we love giving our nature friends lots of treats, especially during the winter season. We've got some sunshine coming our way, which will be so nice :) Spring season is right around the corner :) We're looking forward to all of the signs of spring, sprouting, and blossoming :) it's going to be an awesome joy :)



It was a sweet spirited morning :) we enjoyed a nice breakfast,and some iced coffees :) We love our morning routines, as the new day is blossoming :) 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 so much fun decorating :) it's a very special part of the baking friday tradition each week :) our kitchen looked so nice and awesome :) i love displaying our treasures, as a very special part of our kitchen decorations :) friendship joys, spirit, and smiles being shared :) During the late morning, we prepared a nice lunch, soup, and cantaloupe, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :)



Around 3pm, my niece Alyssa and the kids, and Jenn and the kids came over :) lots of great spirit, and excitement in the air, as we were all gathering around :) baking fiday! :) we love it! :) the kids love to select their spots at the kitchen counter :) We all got our picture taken in the kitchen :) it's a cool baking friday tradition :) The kids get so excited when we bake cookies, as it's their favorite goodies to bake :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies we've recieved from family and friends over the years :) i wear my apron, and we use our oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our baking friday supplies ,are a big part of our baking and cookie 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 chocolate chip cookies :) the kids are great helpers :) they love to help, and they get so proud, when they each have something to add to the big bowl :) flour, sugar, an egg, butter,and of course, chocolate chips! :) we always taste test the chocolate chips! :) we love those candies! :) We all got some spoons, and began to super stir, and had some flour flying in the air in the kitchen! :) my mom, and Jenn came out into the kitchen too, with little Carter, and Alyssa brought Brodie out into the kitchen too :) little Brodie and Carter are baker's in training, they'll be able to join in and bake goodies with us when they're old enough to bake :)



We made lots and lots of chocolate chip cookie dough :) we were sharing lots of smiles , and spriited cheer :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, druring these awesome times :) i used butter to grease the baking pan,and we began to make the cookies into round shapes, and i put the first batch of cookies into the oven to bake :) We love the scent of cookies baking in the oven :) as the cookies were baking, we did some cleaning up in the kitchen, and got ready to make the monkey bread :)



monkey bread is another fun treat to bake :) We used 2 cans of biscuits :) we opened the cans, and i sliced the biscuits into 4 portions each :) we dipped the sliced biscuits into sugar and cinnamon,and then put the biscuits into a heart shaped baking pan :) we were having so much fun :) We filled the heart shaped pan with biscuits, and then melted butter in a measuring cup and added in some brown sugar, stirred it,and we put the brown sugar/butter on top of the biscuits in the pan :) i then put the monkey bread into the oven to bake :) the first batch of cookies finished baking :) we put another batch of chocolate chip cookies into the oven to bake :)



We were all hanging out :) the monkey bread finished baking, i brought it out of the oven to cool down : )The 2nd batch of cookies finished baking too :) the cookies, and monkey bread came out great :) i took pictures of the goodies, and we all began to dig in :) the cookies and monkey bread is going fast! :) hehe! :) we love the goodies :) i thanked Alyssa and the kids for helping bake :) we had so much fun baking goodies :) We have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) next week, we're going to have a Valentine's day themed baking friday adventure :) A very special shoutout 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 with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) this is so much fun, and very special :) i wish we all could gather and have a baking friday picnic :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Monkey Bread, 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!!! :) February 7th, 2020 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)



We're enjoying an awesome day! :) baking friday! :) spirited joys of february! :) We love it!!! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, and are in great spirits :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have the wonderful opportunity, to share in, and celebrate these special times with everyone :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) The weekend is arriving with lots of february spirit :) we love the weekend's :)Tomorrow, we're going to go shopping at the dollar tree :) We're so excited to shop :) We're going to buy some foods, snacks, gifts, treasures, and browsing around :) Holly and i are going to pick out a new movie to watch on saturday night :) i'm going to do some writing this weekend, cards, and letters :) Holly and i are going to watch some youtube videos, and TWD dvds :) it's gonna be an awesome weekend :) i look forward to sharing our weekend adventures, and pictures with everyone in my weekend journals :) There's many more great things to look forward too :) Tonight, Holly and i are going to watch 2 episodes of Most Haunted show :) We love our friday night, paranormal party night's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, and for the wonderful joy you all bring to our days, and our lives :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm caring happy sunny friendship hug :) We wish everyone a wonderful weekend :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing,Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's an awesome day :) Today, Alyssa, the kids, and i baked chocolate chop cookies, and monkey bread, for baking friday :) We're so happy and excited, to blossom into the weekend, shopping, writing, and organizing our coins collection :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)


my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a really good baking friday" :) awww! :) She says, "enjoy a nice weekend" :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyon is doing well, and enjoying a great day :) We wish everyone a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy weekend :) We're so excited to blossom into many more great times, to share in, with everyone as the month of February continues to blossom :)


Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) We're enjoying an awesome blossoming into he month of February, and very excited for all of our baking friday adventures :) my family, Holly,and i are so happy,and excited :) Sharing in, and celebrating simple joys, as the winter season is in full swing, and spring season is right around the corner :) we love celebrating the months,and season's with you and your family's :) There's lots of great things going on :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated, for our super fun adventure :) Today, we're baking chocolate chip cookies, and for the second time ever, we're baking some monkey bread :) it's a nice recipe Holly gave us :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have this very special tradition in our lives :) 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 dear and lovely mom, dad, and niece Alyssa :) They went shopping this week, and picked up baking friday supplies :) it's very nice, and sweet of them :) Thank you mom, dad, and Alyssa, so very much! :) We all love to chip in each week, to get the baking friday supplies :) We're so happy, and thankful to have this very special tradition in our lives : )
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Greetings, from our kitchen to yours! :) 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 awesome times :) sharing lots of happy baking friday smiles :)
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Baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help :) They're great helpers :) they get so proud, when they add the ingredients, super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :) We're enjoying an awesome time baking lots of goodies this new year :) Baking friday, we love it!!! :)
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Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Monkey Bread! :) come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) Alyssa, the kids, and i had lots of fun baking goodies today :) We're loving all of these special times,and the great memories being made :) lots of smiles being shared, and awesome joys of the season :) baking friday :)
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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are having a nice day and enjoyed baking. The goodies came out great and the boys look like they had fun. That's a nice baking Friday photo. All the kids are growing up quickly. So nice you have a great weekend ahead with shopping and movies and browsing online. I hope we all have sunshine and warmer air.Thanks for all my nice hugs today Have a good evening. Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Great job Team Bakers. Cookies & monkey bread looks delicious. Love the heart shaped pan. You"re already in the spirit for Valentine"s Day. Thought the same thing as CooGal, kids are growing so fast. Soon the two little ones will be helping you in the kitchen! Thanks for sharing your day! Hugs! Brooke
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

Yay team! Looks delicious! Great job again!!
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

oh boy what a fun time. Can I have some Choc chip cookies. mmmm yummy! My fave cookies.
sunsetyellow2
sunsetyellow2

Good morning Chris and Holly Everything looks so good. You guys did a wonderful job baking yesterday. I haven't made monkey bread in a very long time. When we were first married, I used to make it all the time but I used frozen bread dough instead of biscuits. I would make it the night before and put it in the fridge and then bake it in the morning for a really great breakfast treat. It used to be a tradition for Easter Sunday breakfast. The boys all look like they are having a grand time with all the mixing and getting everything ready for the oven. I am sure they all look forward to their Baking Friday adventures. Not sure what I am baking today but we are out of dessert so I am going to have make something or John will be complaining. I am thinking a pie of some kind. We haven't had pie for dessert in a while. Heading to Giant Eagle later today to get a ham. They have ham for 99 cents a pound so I want to get a small one for us. We can get at least three different meals out of it. We can have a ham dinner one day, ham and bean soup another day, and then cabbage and ham stew another day. Hope you and Holly have a great weekend. Hugs--John Debbie Mya and Allie
Squarley
Squarley

Hi team bakers you did a wonderful job great pictures and the food looks delicious wishing I could have some of that monkey bread is so good I know it’s probably gone by now had a great day and lots of help the kids look like they were having a blast. So great to talk to you can’t wait to get our talk on Thursday and catch up have a wonderful weekend enjoy your shopping day we love you all bunches from Bruce And Shirley in Kentucky:)