Fall Baking with Plums

Hello there!

It is fall, 

though the trees are not yet changing in my yard yet.

I am in the fall baking mood, 

which happens to me every fall!

Not so much the rest of the year, however, I am

trying to turn over a new leaf

and document the things that I am doing

each day.

Maybe this is mostly for me,

but for sure I want to do this and write.

I created a pastry today that is a knock off of one my

mother baked when she was alive, but she 

baked it in a large baking sheet and not

in individual little pastries.

I made this by using a very simple recipe.  

I love the recipe "5 Minute Bread" which is found easily

on line under that title.

I mixed up the bread recipe and let it rise.

Then I took small pieces of the dough about half the size

of a golf ball,  rolled the dough in sugar.

Then after rolling it in sugar I flatten the sugared dough in

a round disk shape and put it on my baking stone.

(on the stone is white cornmeal)

Then I used purple plums from my plum tree in my yard.

Cut the plums in half and place 2 or 3 plums on 

the flattened sugared bread.

When we were touring in Europe in the fall, I remember seeing these

in the bakeries, though I never ordered one, only took

pictures of the beautiful pastries, they looked divine.

After the plums are placed on the bread, I sprinkle cinnamon

and sugar mixture over the top of the plums and bread.

Bake for 20-25 minutes, 

and they turn out just like this!

They are so scrumptious!

I look forward to them every year.

One of the things always on my fall bucket list.

They are so fun and easy!

Enjoy.

Ciao,

Robin

Turning Over a New Leaf!

It is time again to begin to catch up on my blog.

I love so much to be busy, and well, the busy has just
really taken over my life!  So with a new foot forward I am
starting again.  Over the last year I have decided to start
watercolor-ing botanical's.  So I started taking lessons online
with an artist in the UK. 

  Oh, my mind is always filled with so many

projects!  

I will be better at sharing the projects I am doing.

I recently was reading my Bella Grace magazine and in it

was a quote from Mother Teresa

“We know only too well that what we are doing is 

nothing more than a drop in the ocean.

But if the drop were not there, the ocean would

be missing something.”

So all these things that we do are drops of something out there,

and it is even better when we are sharing our drops 

with others to inspire.

My projects this summer have been vast, and even with the feeling that

I wonder if they will all get completed.  I will now share

and hope in some way can be an inspiration to others.

I have been watercoloring some more, with the hopes that I will get
really good at this.  This learning to watercolor
flowers is an amazing journey that I want to continue for as
long as my fingers and my eyes will allow me.

This watercolor picture of tulips is one of my favorite accomplishments.
This represents one of the hardest projects I have done.

Here are my tulips I have been practicing.  I now have 2 of the

same and one other.  These really make me happy 

to look at!

And seriously, the artist I am taking online lessons from is

such a good teacher.  I have learned so much from her!

I have been inspired by so very much, and will keep on going.

My intent is to post twice a month, and share with you things I am doing around

my house, from decorating, to painting and changing rooms,

ideas of remakes in certain area of the house and furniture, watercoloring,

and maybe some scrapbook pages.  It has been a while

since I have done any of those.

I want to share, and who better to share things with!  

You!

Ciao,

Robin