And last but not least: cherry cobbler with sugar cookie crust for the birthday dude. I had 9 lbs of sour cherries from the farmers market this summer that hadn't been touched. I used a recipe from a local-ish baking blog, Curly Girl Kitchen (I don't think she's on here or I'd tag).

Sunday morning I cooked up some sourdough English muffins. I've made these a few times and I think this was my best batch. If you have any tips on getting these right, I'm all ears!

I also dried some orange slices for mocktails. I'm not doing an official dry January or anything, just haven't felt like drinking lately. And I'm not missing the bad sleep or icky next-morning feeling while I'm dealing with existential dread.

Then I made my first sourdough discard egg noodles. I made soup with leftover turkey and turkey broth from Thanksgiving that I've had stashed in the freezer. I added a bit of white whole wheat flour to the noodles for a little extra nutrition. So good.

I baked away the polar blast we got here from Friday through Monday. I started out with my first attempt at sourdough bagels (sooo freaking good).

I guess I needed a bigger jar 🤦‍♀️

I'm going to try to become one of those annoying sourdough people. Meet Leslie Dough-pe. Someone local very kindly shared her with me. I'm also trying to be more plugged into my community, so, two birds.

I also used a jar of the Apple-Pear-Cranberry pie filling to make this yesterday. So yummy and the color was gorgeous 😍

I've been enjoying the fruits of my labor this weekend. I saved all the fruit and pickles I canned this summer to open for Thanksgiving. I think I'll do this every year 😋