Overcast, Rainy Days = Christmas Music and Baking

My kids are so very grateful when they walk in the door and I have baked that day. It just makes the house smell like a nice place to seek refuge from whatever day they had at school. No matter how grumpy you were when you walked in the door, warm cookies and bread can change that frown upside down. In the summer, I do not feel like baking. Even though I am in an air conditioned house, I just don't get the baking feel when it is blazing hot outside. I woke up to the sound of rain and dark skies. After getting the kids off to school, I turned on Christmas music and got busy. It was lovely. I made a ton of choc chip cookies with this new recipe which quite frankly is a bit sinful. Then I tried this new wheat bread recipe. To quote a food connoisseur "this is the best homemade bread ever". My kids are hoping for more dark days in the future!!