We had a pretty busy day today. My twin daughters’ thirteenth birthday was today. While we didn’t have the actual party today, we did take them to get a cupcake, and to do a little shopping. When we returned home I mustered up the courage to make cinnamon rolls following Amy’s recipe. These were relatively easy, and to keep the kitchen from looking like a complete disaster, I cleaned as I went and then of course finished up after all the cinnamon rolls were done.

I didn’t get huge amounts of baking done, but I have enough cinnamon rolls to feed an army now. The best part was listening to the kids reaction when the dough was rising. Here, the dough is escaping out of the bowl, clearly doing its job of rising, and I realized that I need a much larger bowl.

Friday I also managed to make four dozen peanut butter cookies, and realized for the first time in all my cookie making years that instead of making the cookies all at once, I could freeze some for future use. I made the cookies as usual, but for fifteen of the cookies I scooped them into a ball, and placed them on a tray for freezing.

Once the dough was frozen, I placed the frozen cookie dough balls into a freezer bag, labeled it, and put it back in the freezer. These will be perfect for one of those nights where we want something sweet, but don’t want to put all the work into it.

The peanut butter cookies are some of our favorites, and I am in disbelief that I never thought to freeze the cookies for later. I still have some baking left for tomorrow, that may continue over into the first of the week as well, but I’m looking forward to the end result.

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