Back to the grind, kind of. We’re easing back in to schooling this week, doing a bit each day, which leaves us with some extra time for fun! Tuesday was brutally cold, we’re talking low teens for a high with wind chills well below 0. Now, we’re Vermonters, so we’re hearty, but even we have our limits, so when we needed to get out of the house to save our sanity we jumped into the car and drove to one of our favorite places…King Arthur Baking! We are SO lucky to have this gem less then 2 hours away in our home state. If you haven’t had the pleasure of visiting KAB it is an EXPERIENCE! My favorite times to visit are December (the Christmas decorations and spirit there are unmatched, plus you can stock up on ALL THE GOODIES for Christmas baking) and summer. In the summer the patio (which is large) has tables to sit at and eat your goodies from the café, which is of course DELICIOUS, there is a hill to run up and down, and a trail to explore. Under usual circumstances it can get pretty busy in the summer, but I’ve never been when it felt too crowded to enjoy. Currently they are seriously limiting the number of people allowed into the store and café due to state guidelines and regulations which made this Covid cautious mom feel great bringing her kids in with her! They are also taking temperatures of all who enter the store so be prepared for that if you’re a Vermonter looking to head there soon!
Well, after a lovely drive (it may have been freezing cold but it was sunny and Vermont knows how to put on a show in nature) with some epic music choices from the littles we arrived. It was super quiet there (Tuesday mid day and all) so we got right in and got to work filling our cart…yes, CART. We had certain things on our list, like our favorite cocoa powder (3 bags later!!!), flour, and sparkling sugar, but found some unexpected delights as well! We all walked out with some new KAB swag, but the best find of the day must go to the Salted Caramel Chips. Which leads me to our next bake…
Today (the day after our road trip) is a big day for our family as we will be welcoming 2 new cousins! We are beyond excited about the twins arrival, and when we’re excited about something we bake. We wanted something a little quicker to make and we REALLY wanted to use our new Salted Caramel Chips so we added them to our favorite brownie recipe…also from King Arthur Baking.
We make this recipe pretty regularly so the kids are well versed in it. As usual we got out all of the ingredients and set to work. Unlike a lot of brownie recipes this can be made in ONE bowl, which makes clean up so much easier. The girls were in charge of pretty much everything except the eggs, they always make me do the eggs! We followed the recipe exactly except instead of adding nuts we added the Salted Caramel Chips. They’re currently in the oven and they smell AMAZING!
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