Photo Friday - Autumn 2013

Photo Friday - Heavenly

This pie was truly Heavenly!  One of my best baking efforts ever!

Pretzels!

A few weeks ago I spent the day with my grandson because he was sick and couldn't go to school, and his Mom and Dad really couldn't miss work that day. It was a good time to be with him alone and have some Grammy time, and a good time to be away from the stress of work. We spent the day reading, watching TV and napping - just what I (and he) needed. 

During my reading that day I ran across a recipe for soft pretzels in my favorite magazine, Better Homes and Gardens.  I do a lot of baking and this seemed to be pretty easy so I wanted to try them. I told one of my choir friends about the recipe and she thought it would be fun to do also. So today she and I tackled this new recipe, and let me tell you, these are outstanding! 

It was nice to have another woman in the house to talk with and cook with. We were quite pleased with the afternoon. I wish my sisters lived closer, maybe I'd convince them to cook with me. With 2 of them it would be just watching while I bake, but I could live with that too.

Rolling out the dough and making them into pretzel shapes - we were not too great at this part.
 

The finished product - YUM!

Photo Friday - HUGE

This photo was takenat a place near Sedona called the Devil's Kitchen. It is a huge sinkhole. This large piece of rock is called "the Piano". It's the biggest grand piano I've ever seen! I think it is about 100 feet across.  I have attached a link about this sink hole below. It is quite interesting reading.
Devil's Kitchen