Kenzie's cooking -- again!

When I posted yesterday about the Monkey Bread Kenzie just made, I realized that I'd forgotten to post about the day she made the New York onion buns and an entire dinner.  Here are the pictures -- hope you don't get too hungry!!

 Kneading the bread.......

 for 10 minutes!  It's a long time!

 Almost done kneading.

 Forming the dough into bun-sized balls.

 On to dinner -- chopping an onion for the meatloaf.

 This requires some concentration!

 Cut up red-skinned potatoes, prepared meatloaf waiting to go in the oven, and chopping up fresh rosemary!

 The rolls after being topped with the onions and after rising -- ready for baking.

 The chef with her baked goods!

And the entire dinner, done by Mackenzie!!  Yummy!!

More of "Kenzie in the Kitchen"!

Kenzie has been taking an on-line bread baking class.  I already posted pictures of her loaves of bread a while back.  She also made some amazingly delicious New York onion buns, and this week, she made Monkey Bread.  Too bad you can't smell the cinnamon through your computer -- it was a wonderful aroma!!

Kenzie kneading the dough.....

 ....and kneading it some more!

 The dough was then made into small balls, dipped in butter, and rolled in cinnamon.

 The balls of dough were placed in a Bundt pan, and some candied cherries were scattered into the pan.

 The dough was left to rise for about 45 minutes.

 Another view of the dough after the rising time.

The final product!!  Tasted even BETTER than it looked!!

Great job, Mackenzie!!  

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Fun at the river

I'm always on the lookout for places with water that will be safe to take our dogs.  Last week, I found a new one, and took Kenzie and Taylor out to play there.  The photo qualities are not the best, as I was using my cell phone camera AND looking into the sun for many of these.  But -- enjoy anyway!

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Growing up so fast ..... :-(

Kenzie's Pioneer Girls group had a father/daughter dinner/dance recently.  This was a formal occasion, with the rather catchy name of "The Snow Ball"!  Here's my lovely lady, growing up so quickly.....

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So crafty!

More and more, Kenzie is interested in things she can do with her hands -- projects like crochet, knitting, drawing, sewing, baking..... and the latest is weaving.  We bought her a rigid heddle loom for Christmas, and she is absolutely having a blast with it.  Learning how to warp the loom the first time was a bit of a challenge, but she's now able to do it on her own (except when extra hands are needed to provide tension).  Here are pictures from her first project:

She did a great job, didn't she?  And she just completed a much smaller second project yesterday.  She found on YouTube that there are tons of videos that show how to make different types of weaving patterns, so she decided to make a sampler!  This kid's got a lot of creativity, that's for sure!

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Bread baking success!

Kenzie and I are taking an on-line bread baking class.  Today was Kenzie's first attempt at making bread; she made a delicious honey-oatmeal bread.

 Mixing the dough.....

 ......and more mixing.

 Kneading the dough.

 Dough is kneaded, rolled into a ball, and ready for the first rise.

 After rising, Kenzie rolled it into a loaf shape....

 placed it in the pan, and allowed it to rise a second time.

 After the 2nd rise, look how big it  was!  Kenzie made slits on the top of the loaf, brushed it with egg white and sprinkled rolled oats on top.

 After baking, here was the final (delicious) product!!

And here's the very proud baker!  Great job, Kenzie!

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