Cozy Morning

The sun is out and has dried up all the rain.  It is a perfect fall afternoon out there!  This morning too, was a perfect fall morning.  Cold, wet, rainy & blustery.  I really did enjoy having an occasion to turn on the twinkle lights in my office and turn up the oven to bake breakfast.  Here's our recipe for a Dutch Baby/German Pancake for anyone interested:

Dutch Baby

Preheat oven to 425'

Mix until smooth:
     4 eggs
     1/2  cup milk
     1/2 cup flour
     1/2 tbsp. sugar
     Pinch of salt

Melt 2 tbsp. unsalted butter in an all-clad or cast iron frying pan.  (has to go in the oven)  When butter is melted, pour in the batter and immediatly transfer to the heated oven.  Bake for 12-15 minutes until large, puffy and golden.  We like ours with maple syrup & powdered sugar or just plain!

Fall Feeling

Ooh finally, the weather has changed!!  Fall is, hands down, my favorite time of year.  I think it has to do with the general coziness of it.  Baking, knitting, long nights.  Today was overcast & rainy (a little at least) and really let me know that Fall had arrived. 

Now I do have a day job, but I work from home, so these cozy activities were stolen away on breaks and such. 

I made time for a little spinning.

Baked.  After I saw Alicia's brownies over at Posie Gets Cozy, I knew I needed to make them, fast!

My mouth was watering when Greg brought home this weeks bounty in our CSA box.  Fall veggies too!  Potatoes, lettuce, chard, radish, & butternut squash, plus a few lingering summertime favorites, peppers & tomatoes. 

Even my little friend Phoebe felt the chill in the air and asked me to get out her sweater. 

Here's to having many more pleasant fall afternoons!