What does post-Thanksgiving look like at your house? Are you up early for Black Friday sales? Do you sleep off that big meal as long as you can? After the days here of cooking, baking, and readying the house everyone looks forward to a slow day to pursue their own activities. Today I’m hoping to spend time outside planting garlic and perhaps to finish my Christmas shopping.
December is a great month for warmth – warm sweaters, warm blankets, warm boots and jackets. It’s also a time for warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and others. They’re some of my favorites to bake with as the house is filled with comforting scents! With that said, here’s your December lineup:
December 5: House sourdough and gingerbread biscotti
December 12: House sourdough and eggnog muffins
December 19: House sourdough and mini sourdough cinnamon sugar babka
December 23: White chocolate peppermint scones and soft sourdough dinner rolls
With many people traveling around Christmastime, subscriptions will only be for the first three weeks of December. Orders for the 23rd will open at least a week ahead of time and I’ll send out an email about those orders as the date approaches. Instead of an extra treat for subscribers this month, I will add in a few biscotti or eggnog muffins to that week’s order. When you order, let me know which one you would like!
Gingerbread biscotti bring all of the warm flavors! I like the crunch of biscotti, and that it’s not usually as sweet as a cookie. I can see these dipped in coffee, or (if you were going to be fancy), Mexican hot chocolate. Biscotti will come with six to each order.
Just a note about babka, if you’ve not had it: imagine a cinnamon roll in bread form, but richer and with more filling. Babka is one of my favorite breads to make, and also to eat. Plus, they’re gorgeous! I’m planning to make these in mini loaf size in a few weeks.