Pie Marathon

This year marks my fourth year baking for all of you and I'm proud to say that my business has grown every year. Before I move on to Christmas preparations, I thought it'd be fun to share some numbers with y'all..... This year me and my one little oven managed to crank out:

5 pumpkin pies
5 pecan pies
5 apple pies
1 peach blackberry pie
1 rhubarb pie
5 banana chocolate chip bundt cakes
2 pound cakes
1 german chocolate cake
1 dozen pumpking cupcakes
2.5 dozen red velvet cupcakes
1 dozen chocolate cookies
4 dozen thumbprints

oh and 104 oz (13 cups) cranberry sauce

I'm never quite sure how I pull it off, but I somehow I made all this over a couple of days. I managed to squeeze in 2 hours of sleep early Tuesday morning only to bounce back up first thing Wednesday and start all over again. It was insane.

I always tally up my ingredients before shopping and find the numbers staggering every time. Here're a few choice highlights:

12 lbs butter
12.5 lbs flour
9 lbs sugar
97 eggs
95 oz pumpkin
3.5 lbs pecans

I always have such a blast baking this time of year, even if it is a bit of a blur, and I'm lucky to have such supportive friends and family to share this holiday with. Many many thanks to all of you who trust me with your holiday baking requests, I hope you and yours enjoyed the buttery goodness.

It's Pie Time People

Thanksgiving is upon us and I've got pie on the brain. How about you?

Most of you probably don't know this, but the fam and I do two Thanksgivings every year. We stuff ourselves on a turkey-filled lunch with my extended family before falling into a slight stupor only to snap out of it just in time to head over to dinner with my in-laws. It's a non-stop food fest.

By the time I've finished baking for all of my lovely customers, then baked for my family, I'm exhausted and barely hanging on by a thread; and yet Thanksgiving is still one of my favorite holidays. I love that there's no real commercial aspect to it. It's so well timed in that you can sit with the ones you love (and those you have no choice but to love, lol) and celebrate all that is good in life before the chaos (and commercialism) that is the Christmas season. Black Friday has turned into Black Thanksgiving Night and that's just the beginning of the mad dash to make it to the finish line.

So I hope all of you will take the time to give thanks for all that is good in your life and try to make the most of that quality time by working smarter not harder. How, you ask? Well, one place to start is by ordering your Thanksgiving desserts instead making them yourself. Who needs the added stress and competition for oven time?

Place your pie order by Sunday, November 16th and receive a 10% discount if you order two or more. That's reason enough to give thanks in my book.

And don't forget all the other goodies I have to offer....

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.