Butter, sugar, flour...
Simple items, yes, but oh, the magic that can be created with them.
How?
Because they're foundation ingredients to thousands of edible spells.
With them baked goods can be created that pull you back to your childhood, provide comfort after a hard day at work, lift spirits, or bring a smile to a troubled face...
Stawberry Lemon bars with just the right amount of tartness to perk up that 4:00 work coma.
Raspberry scones to cuddle with your morning cup of coffee.
Molasses cookies laced with spices and the essence of fall.
Chocolate Chip Cookies that feel like a hug from your mom.
Oatmeal Cherry Cookies that with one bite can feel like coming home from a long day.
Huckleberry Glace Pie that sings out Montana summers in the middle of January.
Strawberry Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting that whisper spring.
Pumpkin Bread, a cup of coffee and conversations with a dear friend are the only things needed to make up a perfect afternoon.
Cinnamon Rolls for lazy Saturday mornings.
And chocolate, oh sweet heavenly chocolate...
Mender of broken hearts and cure all to a horrible day.
Brownies with lightly crisped tops and fudgey centers.
Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream that may have you on the verge of confessing your sins.
Double Chocolate Sugar Cookies that might just make you turn your back on regular Vanilla Sugar Cookies forever.
Triple Chip Chocolate Muffins that you can call breakfast, but really you're just eating a cupcake for breakfast, and that's just fine.
People ask me why I bake, and this is why.
All these recipes and so many more help me personally, to share edible expressions of love.
Baking is my love language.
Baking is the magic I need to show my love.
Baking is magic.
Baking is love.
