Baking Goodness

My creation from last week. :)

Baking. I love baking. It's a recreational activity for me! 

I decided to go through my Pinterest board "Foodies" before I went out to the grocery store last week. I hadn't been to the grocery store in - I can't remember how long. I guess about 3 weeks.

This is the recipe I made first, Cream Cheese Coffee Cake. Credit goes to the creator of the recipe here. I decided to add fresh blueberries to half of the coffee cake (right on top of the cream cheese mixture layer), since we had them on-hand. Also, I doubled the crumble for the top (it's the same as my Apple Crisp!)

It turned out delicious!

I also made these chocolate chip scones. I donated most of them to "The Well" (the church's outreach event), so that we could bring in some donations for the kids. I was helping run the new espresso bar on Friday night for the event, and everyone loved those scones! I did not get any pictures of them, as I was holding a 3-week-old while I glazed them! (I even answered my phone when it rang with my bare foot, since my hands were both occupied!)

Because I'm currently obsessed with The Pioneer Woman's cookbooks, website, recipes, etc., and on suggestion from my "not-sister" (AKA, sister-in-law), I made these Vanilla Bean Scones. They were a lot of work! I think my butter got too warm while I was mixing, too, because they came out less of a crumbly consistency, and closer to sugar cookies (which, Pioneer Woman clearly says they should not resemble; whoops!)

I'm going to make some pita bread tonight, too, I think. Stay tuned for that recap!

Generally, I don't get out of the house much anymore. Which is okay. I am loving being at home with my little sweetheart, because by this time next month, I'll be back at work. So, I've been finding things to keep me busy while she sleeps! Baking is one of them. I'm going to work on some other cleaning/ sewing projects this upcoming week (hoping to blog on that tomorrow!)

We've also decided that I'll only be working M-W when I return to work. I'll still be working 20 hours/ week, but I'll be working 2 8-hour days and a 4-hour day. My boss was really awesome about allowing me to have any schedule I wished (within reason, and as long as I get my 20 hours in every week). I'm so thankful for that! It also allows me to be at home with my baby girl at least half of the work week, and all weekend every weekend. :)

Here's our little sweetums now:

Well, okay, it was earlier this week. But still cute! :)

See ya around the blogisphere tomorrow (hopefully!)

PS - if you want a peek at any of the recipes I'm most interested in making, just check out my Pinterest board "Foodies".