baking friday :) Chocolate Donuts, and Chocolate Chip Cookies :)

"We want to make chocolate donuts!"- my little nephew's Mikey, Colby, Brayden, and Jacob said that today, during baking friday! :)

baking friday!!! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monsters! :) hehe! :) cookie monstrers unite!!! :) it's baking friday! :) oh my! :) a super fun ,flour flying, spirit soaring, donuts themed baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) this was so much fun!!! :) We got the whole baking friday crew together today, for some baking friday fun! :) we used our new donuts maker for the 1st time! :) They came out awesome! :) celebrating spirited joys ,with family and friends :) my family and i are so very happy, and excited to share in, and celebrate these very special times with you and your family's :) We had an old school baking friday adventure, and all of the excitement of the new year continuing to blossom :) 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 Kayla, the kids, and i baked chocolate chip cookie, and made homemade donuts, with our old fashioned super cool, donuts maker! :) my brother Bobby and his family gave me the donuts maker for Christmas :) it's super sweet, spirit soaring, sunny day :) i'm smiling and smiling! :) we having a donuts and cookies party! :) it's such a sweet time ,as the new year is blossoming ,and lots of excitement as the big football weekend is arriving :)

my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We think of you all often :) Thank you all so very much, for your lovely happy baking friday wishes :) You all are so nice, and sweet :) i love sharing your wishes with my family :) this morning we had a great new day, rising and shining :) i wished my family and friends a happy baking friday, and shared your lovely wishes with them :) We've been looking forward to baking friday :) i enjoyed a nice nature walk this morning :) we had a beautiful sunrise sky, and the moon was huge, and still visible in the sky too :) it looked amazing! :) i put lots of goodies around our yard, for our nature animal friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :)

i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations, and went into our kitchen to decorate, with a very special theme :) i've been in a very sweet reflective, nastalgia spirit and mood this week, celebrating my 10th anniversary here on ds, and baking friday's 10th anniversary is later on this year :) 10 years of wonderful DS memories, and baking friday memories :) our adventures are always dedicated to family and friends :) we've had nearly 500 baking friday adventures :) You all joining us in our kitchen each week, and welcoming us into your kitchens, is very special, and a great joy :)

i had fun decorating our kitchen, and had our baking friday supplies all set : )we love to use our aprons, oven mits, kitchen towels, and all of our supplies we've recieved over the years from family and friends :) i prepared a nice lunch, and during the early afternoon, i enjoyed some nice time here on ds, writing to friends :) i also looked at our new donuts maker, which came with a cool recipe book :) around 3pm, the kids were just arriving home from school, and Mikey was able to come to our home after school today :) Kayla had an early half day of school, and got to rest earlier :) Alyssa and the triplets came over :) we were all gathering around, and very excited for baking friday :) we had the whole baking friday crew together :) We love getting our picture taken in the kitchen :) We were all set ,and ready to bake :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

we began our super fun adventure! :) We first began to prepare the donuts :) it's a nice easy recipe :) i said to Kayla, "pick out the best egg ever!" :) She loves to pick out the eggs :) we were adding the ingredients to the bowl :) baking friday teamwork! :) the kids love to help, and they get so proud, when they get to add the ingredients to the bowl, and super stirring :) i got the donuts maker all set, and we began to put the donuts dough, in the maker, and i then closed the donuts maker, and plugged it in :) The donuts maker heated up, and the donuts began to really cook so nice, it's so neat, how the donuts maker works :)

The kids were so excited to see the donuts, and were cheering, "we want chocolate donuts!" :) You all were with us in spirit in the kitchen :) we did 3 batches of donuts. :) the recipe made lots! :) we let the donuts cool down, and then got ready to frost the donuts, with chocolate frosting :) the kids were so excited, they each got to frost their donuts, and Kayla and i helped them :) we were all talking ,and sharing smiles :) the donuts maker works really well! :) We want to make some blueberry donuts sometime :) it's gonna be so nice, to try the many donuts recipes :) we made a plateful of donuts! :)

We were gonna bake some pretzels today, but couldn't find the yeast, so we decided to make some easy chocolate chip cookies :) We had some chocolate chip cookie dough packet, and prepared the cookies :) we had a nice pan full of cookies to bake :) The kids were having so much fun helping :) we did some cleaning in the kitchen, and began to try the donuts :) the donuts came out great! :) The chocolate chip cookies baked nicely too :) We're so happy and excited! :) it was awesome having the whole baking friday crew together :) the kids really enjoyed joining in, the baking friday fun :)

We had so much fun baking today :) i thanked Kayla and the kids for helping bake :) we want to make some more donuts, very soon :) i tried one of the donuts, they're awesome! :) We have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too, including our upcoming superbowl themed baking friday :) a very special shoutout, for family and friends :) lots of cooking, and baking this week :) We love hearing about the nice foods, and goodies you all bake, and cook :) i wish we all could gather and have a baking friday picnic :) Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Chocolate Donuts, dedicated to our wonderful family, and friends :) We love you all so very very much! :) many great memories being made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday, we love it! :) January 13th, 2017 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying a SUPER SWEET SPIRITED DAY!!! :) baking friday! arrival of big NFL football weekend! :) We love it!!! :) my family and i are doing well, and are in wonderful spirits :) There's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) We're so happy and excited, for the big weekend :) We're gonna be going shopping tomorrow, at the dollar tree store :) i'm going to buy some treasures, and healthy snacks :) 4 big football games are gonna be so nice :) also this weekend, i'm going to write some cards, and Holly and i are gonna have a fun popcorn saturday night movie party :) There's lots more great things to look forward too :) tonight, Holly and i are gonna watch 2 classic episodes of most haunted show :) We love our friday night paranormal party's :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, 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 FRIENDSHIP HUG :) We hope everyone enjoys a great weekend! :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, today, Kayla, the kids, and i baked chocolate chip cookies, and made some awesome donuts for baking friday :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a good baking friday" :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) we hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a great day! :) The weekend is arriving with lots of spirit :) We wish everyone a wonderfully safe, fun, and happy weekend :)

Happy baking friday! :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's a sweet joyful January baking friday adventure! :) as we gear up for the big football weekend, and celebrating special joys :) Come on over, for some baking friday goodies! :) my family and i are so happy and excited, to be sharing in, and celebrating the new year with you and your family's :) there's lots of great things going on, and many special memories being made :) i'm very proud that we've been baking for many years, and having just celebrated my 10th anniversary here on DS, January 11th, 2007, and the 10th anniversary of baking friday next september, i'm in a sweet, gentle, reflective, and wholesome mood, thinking back to all of the many great years, and special times shared, here on ds, and baking friday's over the year's :) This is a picture of our kitchen all set up and decorated, for our super fun adventure :) Sunflowers theme today :) Today we're baking cookies and making homemade donuts :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventrues with everyone :) Thank you all 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! :)

our dear friend Lynn (Dillybar) drew this awesome picture for me, in 2008 :)

baking friday supplies! :) We have a very special shoutout, and thank you, for my dear, and lovely mom and dad :) they went to the store today, and picked up baking friday supplies :) I's very nice, and sweet of them :) Thank you mom and dad, so very much! :) we all love to chip in each week, to get baking friday supplies :) Happy baking friday smiles :)

OLD SCHOOL!!! :) it's my 10th anniversary week, here on DS, and i'm in a celebrating mood :) it's been so wonderful, and i'm very happy and excited, to be able to share in, and celebrate, 10 amazing years here on DS, and looking forward to many more :) We've had nearly 500 baking friday adventures, in the past 10 years too :) our dear friends Deb (Stardust) and her family had some cool baking friday themed shirts made for us, about 5 or 6 years ago :) They are really neat :) i'm so excited, to share pictures of these shirts, with some of our earliest baking friday's featured on the shirts :)

My new Donuts Maker! :) my brother Bobby and his family gave me this awesome new donuts maker :) it's a cool, 1950's style one :) it's really neat :) we're so excited to use the donuts maker :) with this donuts maker, we can also make bagels :) awesome! :)

Greetings, from our kitchen to yours :) Kayla, the kids, and i got our picture taken in the kitchen today :) It's a cool baking friday tradition :) We love our adventures :) happy baking friday smiles :)

Preparing the donuts and cookies :) baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help :) they get so proud, when they get to add the ingredient, and super stirring :) the flour flying in the air in the kitchen today! :) Sharing lots of baking friday smiles :)

Chocolate Donuts and Chocolate Chip Cookies :) Kayla, the kids, and i had lots of fun today, baking cookies, and making donuts :) The new donuts maker is awesome! :) We'll definitely use it often :) We love baking friday, and sharing our adventures :) We're looking forward to many more super fun adventures this year :) baking friday, we love it! :)