25 Oct Autumn Splendor
At long last, my favorite season is here. No more humidity, no more air conditioning. Now it is time to bake. To kick off the harvest season, I returned to the preschool for another session with my favorite little chefs.
We made Apple Duff, which is a peeled, cored apple stuffed with raisins and brown sugar, then wrapped in puff pastry. I gave them each a cup of the raisin/sugar mix with which to stuff their apples, then set about helping each of them to wrap it all in the dough. By the time I got halfway around the table, I noticed that the apples were curiously void of said contents — little fingers had been pinching them to put in little mouths. It was hilarious! Then something magical happened: this beautiful little girl spontaneously ran up to me and said, “Jen, I want to give you a hug!” She threw her arms around my leg and gave me a big squeeze. I nearly melted on the spot. Something strange is happening — children usually stay far away from me…Must have been all the sugar. 😉