Audrey's Alchemy

CHRISTMAS 2025 (what I made in the kitchen)
-Cut out Sugar Cookies by Odysseus
-Rice Crispy Trees by Odysseus
-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
-Dairy Free Snickerdoodles
-Banana Bread with Vanilla Glaze
-Cinnamon Rolls
-Sourdough Bread
-Thai Chili Hot Sauce
❤️🎄🍪🍌🍞🌶️💚

On Thursday December 4th my Godmother brought me some sourdough starter. I was excited to try some new recipes! I started with a Boule - a round loaf of sourdough bread. I watched YouTube videos and read what I could find but I still felt unsure every step of the way with this recipe. It's just so different from anything else I've baked before. As nervous as I was, the first loaf came out great! The kids loved it and we ate almost the whole thing that same day! Next I tried Focaccia which I found to be an easier recipe. Last night I made cinnamon rolls which were a delicious midnight snack and fabulous breakfast this morning. I am so excited about this new adventure with sourdough and all the possibilities! 🍞

Christmas Baking 2024 ❤️💚
Banana Bread 🍌
Sugar Cookies with Odysseus 🍪
Rice Krispy Treats
Vegan Sugar Cookies

Not pictured here are the apple fritter bread, M&M cookies, oatmeal raisin cookies, blueberry cheesecake bars, cranberry scones, dairy free snickerdoodles, biscuits and gingerbread kits crafted with care this holiday season.

Odysseus is a great helper in the kitchen. He enjoys cracking eggs and cutting out cookies or biscuits into different shapes. He has learned that helping mom bake means he gets to lick the spoon! 😂

HARVEST 2024 💜
This year the berries ripened early, with strawberries and raspberries ready to be eaten in May. We got so many raspberries and black raspberries from our bushes this year! I planted potatoes, sweet slice cucumber, kale, black cherry tomatoes and jade green beans in pots. We also had some other potatoes and onions in the garden bed, wild grapes and blueberries in the yard. Our cherry tree didn't produce as much as normal and I was too pregnant to climb up on a ladder to harvest cherries from it.

Odysseus was a big help in the garden this year. He enjoyed getting his hands dirty to plant potatoes. He learned to use both a watering can and the hose to tend to the plants as they grew. He was so excited to check out plants each day and pick the ripe produce. His favorites were the berries and the beans. I was really happy with the specific species of tomato and bean that we chose as they produced so much for us and held up to the changes in weather. (We were getting ripe beans and tomatoes from late June all the way up to the end of September!)

I learn something new each year in the garden. It was a great experience to be able to share with my son. I found it peaceful and it motivated me to continue getting outside later in my pregnancy.

I haven't posted to this account in a while because I have been busy! I am always taking custom orders which kept me busy through the holiday season. I have been working at the new Ironwood restaurant at Deerfield Country Club & Golf Course which has been so much fun. In addition, we are growing our family! Excited for our second child due September 2024 ❤️

Pictures: Homemade Cannolis 🤤
Chocolate dipped Cheesecake filled Strawberries 🍓 Chocolate Mousse with Raspberry Champagne Whipped Cream 🍫
Blueberry Swirl Cheesecake bites 🫐
Cranberry Scones ❤️
Blueberry Galette 🫐
Pumpkin Pie 🥧
Apple Pie being made 🍎
Odysseus holding the positive pregnancy test in his new big brother shirt 💙

As always, message with any questions or to order.

APPLE FRITTER BREAD 🍎

Featuring locally grown honeycrisp apples! $12 per loaf

Fall baking is my favorite ❤️🤤