baking friday :) Cranberry Orange Muffins, and Onion Pretzels :)

"the muffin man! the muffin man! i'm going to make a cool cool pretzel!"- my nephew Hunter 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, spring time, flour flying, awesome cool baking friday adventure in the kitchen!!! :) This was so much fun! :) We had the flour flying in the air, and sharing lots of smiles, as we baked up some awesome treats! :) We're so happy and excited, to share in this very special tradition with everyone :) spring season is blossoming, and our spirits are soaring with these awesome fun baking friday adventures! :) we wish you all could come over, for some baking friday goodies! :)

keeping with the tradition, a wonderfully wholesome tradition :) today, Alyssa, the kids, and i baked orange cranberry muffins, and onion pretzels :) it was awesome cool fun! :) it's very special to our hearts, getting to bake, and sharing lots of smiles across the miles, baking up some awesome treats :) We're blossoming into spring time baking, and lots of seasonal excitement, as nature is blossoming all around :) The kids were so happy today, to bake some goodies, and even shared some cool fun jokes and smiles with laughs in the kitchen :) we all need these times, especially right now :)

Sweet Joys of Spring Time Baking! :) Hi angel friends! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and having a peaceful day :) We think of you and your family's often :) We love sharing in special times, and traditions with everyone :) baking friday is our favorite day of the week, and tradition :) the kids love to countdown to the days, until baking friday :) they often will ask, "how many days until baking friday?" :) awww :) We're so happy, thankful, and blessed to have this very special tradition in our lives :) it's always a super fun adventure in the kitchen :) We have many adventures planned, baking, and cooking, all throughout the season, including our annual campfire themed smores baking friday adventure, and lots more :) we love our classic recipes, and trying new ones :) There's always lots of awesome spirit in the air, on baking friday :) Thank you all for joining us in our kitchen each week, and for welcoming us into yours :)

This morning, we had a sweet new day, baking friday rising and shining :) We had some wonderful sunshine in our area this morning :) The spring nature has been glowing bright :) a very special friday tradition i enjoy very much, is wishing my family, Holly, and friends, a happy baking friday :) i share all of your lovely happy baking friday wishes with my family :) awww! :) Thank you angel friends, so very much :) You all are wonderfully nice, and sweet :) We've been enjoying our spring time baking friday adventures :) We have a very special shoutout, for my niece Alyssa :) She was able to shop this week, and got some baking friday supplies for us all :) We all love to chip in, to get the baking friday supplies each week :)

Our nature friends have been singing happily in the early mornings :) sweet nature tunes :) We love hearing the birds outside our windows here :) it's been very nature active :) in our kitchen, our window was glowing bright too, with the sunshine shining upon our suncatcher :) we love suncatchers :) as the new day was blossoming, i gathered a big bowl of goodies, and went outside for my early morning nature walk :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, for our nature friends :) They love their baking friday breakfast feasts :) awww! :) the spring nature is blossoming all around :) it's great to see new leaves beginning to grow, fruit tree blossoms growing, and flowers blossoming :) the dandylions are always a wonderful sign of spring :) we were originally gonna have some snow in our forecast tonight, but it changed to rain, which will be good, and replenishing for the plants, bushes, and trees :) We have lots of nice gardening plans, and projects to look forward too, with the upcoming outdoors gardening days :) We can't wait! :) We love nature, and gardening, and the very special peace and comfort it brings :)

It was a sweet early morning :) we enjoyed a nice breakfast, having some iced coffees :) cheers!!! to family, friends, good health, nature, and blossoming spring time spirit :) i began to gather our baking friday supplies, and decorations, and went out into our kitchen to begin to set up and decorate our kitchen, for our super fun adventure :) it's part of the great joys, of baking friday, decorating :) Today, i decorated with a blossoming spring spirit display :) our kitchen looked great! :) around late morning, we prepared a nice lunch :) during the early afternoon, i prepared some nice pretzel dough, so that it could rise for later on, and also enjoyed some nice time here on DS, writing to friends :) Thank you angel friends, for all of your continued warm well wishes, prayers, support, and encouragement :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :) We'll always be here for you and your family's :)

around 3pm, Alyssa, Jenn, and the kids came over :) We're so happy, and thankful to see everyone, and getting to enjoy this awesome cool baking friday tradition each week :) it's a special joy to our hearts :) Lots of great spirit, and excitement in the air :) the kids love to select their spots in the kitchen, at the counter :) it's a cool baking friday tradition each week, getting our picture taken :) the kids were so excited :) Each week, we love to use our nice baking friday supplies, and decorations we've recieved 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 cooking each week :) our kitchen was all set, and we were ready to bake up some awesome treats :) calling all cookie monsters! :) it's time to bake! bake! bake! :)

We began our super fun adventure! :) We first began to prepare the orange cranberry muffins :) Alyssa got us a nice muffins mix :) baking friday teamwork! :) The kids love to help, they're great helpers :) little Brodie was in the kitchen with us today, he was watching on, as we baked :) we got some spoons, some eggs and began to super stir :) We were sharing smiles, and even some laughs in the kitchen today :) Mikey came out into the kitchen :) i had some cool jokes for the kids : )i asked the kids, what happens, if you sent 2 eggs into space, with a helium balloon? :) i said, "the eggs would be sunny side up!" hehe! :) Mikey and Hunter are going to help their mom and dad grow a card, and i said, "why can't you tell a secret in the garden?" because potatoes have eyes, and corn have ears! :) hehe! :) we love sharing smiles and laughs :) my mom came out into the kitchen too :) You all are always right there with us in spirit :)

We filled the muffin baking cups, with the muffins mix, and i put the muffins into the oven to bake :) i had some water heating up on the stove, for the pretzels :) the pretzel dough rised nicely :) i sliced the dough into portions, and we began to make the dough into pretzel shapes :) the kids are doing great, learning about baking pretzels, they get so proud, making the pretzels into the shapes :) i used butter to grease the baking pan, and i put the pretzels into the water on the stove, 2 at a time :) i used a metal spatula to put the pretzels onto the baking pan, and then we melted butter in a bowl, and put some onion flakes into the melted butter, and drizzled the butter/onion onto the pretzels, and sprinkled more onion flakes onto the pretzels, and put the pretzels into the oven to bake :)

We did some cleaning in the kitchen, as the pretzel and orange cranberry muffins were baking :) the muffins finished baking :) they came out great :) the pretzels baked for about 15 minutes, they came out awesome too :) i took some pictures of the goodies, and we all began to dig in :) the muffins and pretzels are delicious :) Jenn and Mikey had some pretzels, and Holly and i each had a pretzel too :) my mom and Alyssa had some orange cranberry muffins :) We love these awesome baking friday moments :) We had lots of fun baking the goodies :) i thanked Alyssa and the kids for helping :) We have many more super fun baking friday adventures to look forward too :) a very special shoutout, for family and friends :) lots of great baking, and cooking this week :) We love hearing about the goodies you all bake and cook :) We're with eachother in spirit, in our kitchens :) this is so much fun, and very special :) i always wish we could gather, and have a big baking friday picnic :) Orange Cranberry Muffins, and Onion Pretzels, dedication to our wonderful family, friends, and to the spirit of the spring season :) We love you all so very very much! :) many great memories made, to always cherish and treasure :) baking friday! :) We love it!!! :) April 17th, 2020 :) Happy baking friday everyone! :)

We're enjoying a nice day :) baking friday! :) blossoming into the weekend! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, in good health, and keeping in good spirits :) We're so glad, and thankful my dad's doing much better :) each day, focused on good health, and keeping on keeping on each day :) We're so happy to have such a fun baking friday adventure today : )The weekend is arriving :) We look forward to enjoying some movies, our popcorn movie party tomorrow night :) i'm also going to do some writing, and Holly and i are going to have a TWD marathon party on sunday :) we also going to browse on amazon, and continuing to take good care each day :) There's lots to look forward to sharing in :) 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 that you do for us, and for the very special comforting and uplifting joy, you all bring to our days and our lives :) 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 sunflower hug :) keep healthy, safe, and strong everyone :) We wish everyone a peaceful weekend :)

-never lose hope :)

To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, it's a nice day :) Today, we baked some orange cranberry muffins, and onion pretzels for baking friday :) We're looking forward to a nice movies/shows and writing weekend :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)

my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and had a 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 everyone is doing well, in good health, and enjoying a peaceful day :) we wish everyone a wonderfully safe, healthy, and peaceful weekend :) we think of you and your family's often :) Your friendships are very special to us :)

Happy baking friday!!! :) Calling all cookie monsters! :) We're blossoming into spring time baking! :) my family, Holly, and i love the spirit of spring time, as the new season blossoms, with lots of flowers, bushes, fruit trees, there's an awesome spirit of nature, that brings a great joy :) We sure do love our baking friday adventures, and sharing our adventures with everyone :) We love to countdown the days until our super fun adventures :) we have lots of favorite recipes, and new redcipes we want to try soon :) this is a picture of our kitchen all set up, and decorated for our super fun adventure :) Today, we're getting the flour flying in the air in the kitchen, baking some onion pretzels, and orange cranberry muffins :) 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! :)

baking friday supplies! :) We have a special shoutout, and thank you for my niece Alyssa :) She was able to pick up some baking friday supplies this week, including some nice orange cranberry muffin mix :) it's very nice and sweet of her :) Thank you Alyssa, so very much! :) we all love to chip in, to get the baking friday supplies :) We're so happy, and thankful to have this very special tradition in our lives :)

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 :) Sharing lots of happy baking friday smiles :)

Baking friday teamwork! :) Preparing the goodies! :) The kids love to help :) They're great helpers :) They get to proud, adding the ingredients, super stirring, and of course, enjoying the goodies we bake :) baking friday, we love it!!! :)

Hunter loves to make funny faces! :) hehe! :) 

The kids are learning to make shaped pretzels :) 

Orange Cranberry Muffins, and Onion Pretzels :) We had lots of fun baking goodies today :) We love these special times, and the special joys of baking goodies :) You all are always right there with us in spirit, in our kitchen :) Sharing lots of smiles, and spirited cheer :) baking friday :)