So, this gift is amazing. I love to cook and I'm good at it, but I kind of suck at baking and have made it a goal to get better. It's kind of working, but I have a long way to go. Anyway, my awesome Santa had messaged me and asked me about the sorts of stuff that I would like to learn how to bake. I mentioned I would like to get better at breads because who doesn't want to make those nice fluffy rolls that you get during the holidays?! I also said that I was pretty intrigued by desserts because desserts! My Santa took those desires and ran with it. She did so great!

With my giant box arrived, I immediately tore into it. I received a Better Homes and Gardens hardcover book called Baking. It is awesome and has lots of great recipes and killer pictures! And yes, I have already bookmarked the page that has the white chocolate and raspberry brownies on it. Those will be getting made first!

Second book I received is called 100 Great Breads by Paul Hollywood. This is going to be great! I can go many different directions with the breads that are in this book and I plan on trying several of them soon! There's a lemon-orange bread in there that looks soooo good!

But the coolest thing that I received was a little black 3 ring notebook binder thing with a bunch of my Santa's favorite recipes from her personal collection. She divided the book up with little tabs that were all labeled and she hand wrote the recipes that she included. There's also a room for me to include my own notes and plenty of room in the back for me to add my own recipes to this book! It was so incredibly thoughtful that I almost cried.

Thanks to the kindness of my Santa, these books are going to help me become a better baker. I know that baker is hiding inside of me and it's going to get her out! And the little notebook of recipes I can guarantee I will have for a long time, if not for the rest of my life. Thank you so much for everything that you did for me. I greatly appreciate it and I will probably think of you every time I use those books!