Pine. Apple. Cinnamon. Rosemary. Roasting Cashews, Ginger, Peanut Butter, Oatmeal. Yummy.
The Christmas Season is always full of wonderful smells. I didn't think I would be baking for the holiday because of missing Gregory but ended up NEEDING to!
It started with peeling and cooking a batch of apple sauce with apples that were about to be tossed due to old age. A touch of butter and a dash of cinnamon. Yum.
The smell of cinnamon forces me to make more. Ginger bread cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, and peanut butter cookies. Didn't make my mom's Walnut Balls or Gregory's Great Grandma Barbara's German Spice Cookies. Maybe next year.
Also made, as gifts for friends, Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa Rosemary Cashews. Maybe the departed can still smell their favorites, if so I think I made Gregory happy!
Apple Sauce
Rosemary Cashews
Ginger Bread (left)
Peanut Butter (top right)
Oatmeal Raisin (bottom right)
