Gettin' Jolly: J & L Adventure 7!

Lindsey and I weren't feeling merry enough, so we made merriness together!

We started off by doing a little crafting. While she finished her Plarn Bag, I worked on making some festive snowflakes for my window. She made a few, too, which I personally think are the prettiest.

(my neighbors wreath reflected in my window makes this scene especially festive!)

Then we got to work making some holiday candy.

We had several things we wanted to try, but we settled on fudge and peppermint bark.

We had tons of fun breaking up the peppermint candies with a hammer!

I think half of the reason our candy tastes so good was because it looks so good. Mmmmm!

We hope to meet again soon to keep egging the holiday spirit on!

Chompin' on Cherry Cobbler

My awesome friend Amanda sent me a note on Facebook saying,

"So, I have this GIANT cherry tree in my backyard, that's just now starting to get ripe, so in like a week, I'll have a lot of cherries ready for picking... I thought you might like to know :)"

And she wasn't kidding!!

She invited me over to pick as many as I wanted, and for payment, I would bake her something with those cherries.

About 10 cups (!!!) of cherries later, I was in business to make some fresh cherry cobbler!

I read somewhere that one can pit cherries with a straw, but it ended up being too time-consuming. I love cherries anyway, so I decided to get a new cherry pitter to make the process easier. And boy, was it! I highly recommend it to those with cherry frustrations.

I used AllRecipes.com to find a good recipe for fresh cherry cobbler. 

It came out looking caramel-y and delicious! It was very well enjoyed by everyone who ate it, too.