Hello World !

Sandra's Bakery is Now Closed for the Holidays

And I am one happy boy...a few more pounds of "boy," but happy !

 

 

It all began with her Fruit Cakes which she drizzles with some type of French brandy - brandy I cannot pronounce.

Next phase  - "Cookies Galore"

My apologes for not including pictures. I was too busy eating her creations which were not up to photo quality.

My favorites, which she made plenty:

Traditional Sugar Cookies

English Toffee Cookies

Neiman Marcus Cookies

Third Phase was "Fudge"

My mother's Chocolate Fudge

Her mother's Peanut Butter Fudge

Special Category - Peanut Butter Blossoms

One was so badly deformed, I had to immediately remove it from the cooling rack - while it was still warm!

Fourth  Phase was Christmas Stolen

Sandra's "should be" patented stolen. Never seen or tasted any other like it.

Here are the stages:

After mixing up and doing whatever else Sandra does with it, she rolls it out.

Next, she forms it into a "ringy-twist."

She then takes a pair of "clean" scissors and cuts the stolen (outside in) about 1/2 /way through, but not all the way to the center.

Next step: Insert the candied cherries.

Then it goes into the oven.

Personally, I like mine with a little butter after it is removed from the oven. The next day, I warm mine for 15 secs. in the microwave.

 

 

In the spirit of the holidays, Sandra "made" me share the stolen with some special people.

The fruit cakes: We freeze one to enjoy at the beginning of the holidays next year - before the bakery is officially opened.

The cookies and fudge - never frozen...at least Sandra thinks some is never frozen.

 

                                                                                                                     Sandra's Bakery...There may be bigger ones around - but never better !

You can't put a price on adding the most important ingredient - LOVE.

 

Signing off for now...must show her how much I appreciate the little things she does.

 

Michael