January Round-up

It was a full month with lots of baking, reading, and unplanned snow days off school.

Baking this month:

1. Bake Sale Winning-est Gooey Oat Bars - Smitten Kitchen
2. Anzac Biscuits - Dorie Greenspan
3. Almond Butter Banana Bread - Claire Saffitz
4. Black Forest Cake - Sally's Baking & America's Test Kitchen
5. Mint Chocolate Cookies - Handle the Heat
6. Swedish Cardamom Buns - Milk Street Bakes
7. Banoffee Pudding - Claire Saffitz
8. Coffee & Caramelized White Chocolate Meringue Kisses - Small Batch Bakes
9. Almond Butter Banana Bread - Claire Saffitz
10. Brown Sugar Tart - Milk Street Bakes
11. Vanilla Meringues - Preppy Kitchen
12. Cinnamon-Almond Macarons - King Arthur Baking
13. Hot Fudge Pudding Cake - Cook's Illustrated
14. Lemon-Raspberry Olive Oil Muffins - Milk Street Bakes
15. Salty Honey Brown Butter Bars - Milk Street Bakes
16. Giant Choco Chunkies - Bake Smart

The first half of the month definitely felt much more successful than the second, as evidenced by me not bothering to type up some of the less-than-stellar recipes. Still lots of fun things to try and share though!

Reading this month:

1. The Gems of Elsana: For the Freelands
2. Greenteeth
3. The Phoenix Keeper
4. The Teller of Small Fortunes
5. The Canid Chronology: Journey's Beginning
6. Wormwood Abbey
7. Drake Hall
8. La Vie de Guinevere
9. Madame Pamplemousse
10. The Cat Who Saved the Library
11. Graceling
12. Chronicles of Whetherwhy: Age of Enchantment
13. Vanished

Lots of good reads and a couple great ones. Plus a couple series that I'll be continuing.

Here's to a February with your next great read and a treat in hand!