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Tuesday, December 5, 2006

The Christmas list -- baking, that is

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This morning, I made cookie dough -- the espresso chocolate-chip shortbread from Dorie Greenspan that Sheryl is blogging about. As I put the dough in the refrigerator to firm up -- I'll bake tonight -- I realized the out-of-everything season had started. After a Sunday night flurry (three mini loaves of pumpkin bread and two loaves of regular bread), I'm out of butter, flour, and vanilla again.

The pumpkin bread is from "The Family Baker" by Susan Purdy. I bake bread every week from Carol Fields's "Italian Baker," and I'm thinking of making my grandmother's pecan rolls (in the East, they're called sticky buns).

Back to the store again and again, until the freezer is full, and my list of baking beneficiaries is filled. December is fun, but exhausting. Now if I could put a lock on the freezer to keep cookie thieves out.

Posted by Alison Arnett at 07:31 PM
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