Helpful Hints

Maybe that was a hint? I should have gone to the Adoration Chapel before embarking on my baking today! I made a supreme mess.

First of all, I made my seven-minute peanut brittle, mostly because I burned the first batch and I couldn’t stand not having made it correctly. Apparently my microwave is too powerful. With one batch properly made, I made another, of course. If one is good, two is better!

However, when you get corn syrup all hot and sticky, it’s like a glue gun with webs flying everywhere…and the bowls do not clean up unless you soak them in hot water indefinitely. My countertop was sticky and the floor had remnants, too. Then once it’s set, breaking the brittle into edible pieces creates crackled crumbs on your newly cleaned countertop and floors. Thankfully the dog was handy.

Next, I had a ripe banana set aside for my cranberry bread. I kept asking my husband to buy bananas, which he did, and then my family had the audacity to eat them! I just needed one to ripen, which happened this morning. I baked that bread – even longer than necessary – and the center fell anyway.

Which leads me to ask why I even bothered when I have cookies, rum balls, and other yummy treats already? Oh, because it’s fun. And apparently I needed a few extra pounds to lose in the new year.