I think I spent the entire month of September in the kitchen. I ended up with two birthday cakes to make and one cookie catering gig too. I also had to make some tasty treats for home. Get ready for a lot of pictures, my kitchen was swamped.

Homemade pizza buffet oh yeah! I know it looks crazy, and yes that is four large pizzas, but everybody likes something different, and well, we have lunch for a week. Thade likes Pepperoni, Dylan just likes Cheese, and so does Agnes, James likes the BBQ Chicken with Bacon, and I like the triple meat pizza. I should probably change mine to just veggies, but it is so good.

I had two birthdays to make goodies for. The first was for my gardening buddy (and a dear friend of the family) who was turning 80. I made him a big batch of Chocolate Chunk Candy Bar cookies, and a Chocolate Bundt cake too.

I made a Cherry Jell-O cake too. The kiddos aren’t too fond of this one, but James and I like it. It is just so darn good.

For the cookie catering gig I made 21 dozen cookies in two days. It was crazy, but oh so tasty. There were:

Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookies

Candy Bar Cookies

Cakerdoodles

Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pies

and Whoopie Pies

It was a crazy two days, and then I was in trouble with my family because there were no leftover cookies, and I didn’t bake them a special batch.

Later in the month, I found out it was Clifford’s birthday. I won’t tell you which birthday it is, but he gave me a recipe to make that was one of his favorites when he was a child. It was a simple recipe, and I tried my best to replicate his very favorite cake.

He loved it, and I might just have to make Clifford’s cake for James. I think he would like it too.

When the first day of Fall arrived, I thought it was time to make an Dutch Apple Pie to celebrate. I let Dylan help out too, and I taught him all about the Apple Pie magic.

I like to use Gala Apples for the homemade filling.

It is almost too pretty to cover up with delicious crumb topping.

Out of the oven, and ready for some Vanilla Ice Cream.

Honestly, this was too good for words. The kids loved it, James loved it, and yeah I loved it too.

September was one tasty month. I can’t wait to make some more autumn favorites this month too.

This week I have an opportunity to make a bunch of desserts for a bunch of super cool buddies, so I’ll be in the kitchen for the next two days. I’m heading out to get supplies today, and I can’t wait to get started!

I’ll be baking, or no baking:

• Cakerdoodles (3 dozen)
• No Bake Cookies (3 dozen)
• Candy Bar Cookies (pictured above and 3 dozen too)
• Chocolate Whoopie Pies  (3 dozen)
• Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pies (3 dozen)

I’ve got 15 dozen treats to make. The kitchen is going to be busy, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

You know my kitchen has been really busy, and it’s just the start of Autumn. I love to bake bread, cakes, muffins, and of course cookies in Autumn. September brought a cookie catering gig, and I got out the bread maker too.

I made a big batch of Homemade Cinnamon Rolls, Dylan and James helped out a bit too.

Oh yeah, Chocolate Ganache Topped Brownies too.

I needed to make 15 dozen cookies for a cookie catering gig, so I made Chocolate No Bakes

Cakerdoodles

Candy Bar Cookies

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies (the kiddos new favorite)

and Caramel Apple Oatmeal cookies too.

James also wanted a batch of Coconut Macaroons, but those were just for us at home.

I’ve also been using the bread maker all the time. I love to serve a fresh loaf of bread with dinner.

October is going to bring a lot of treats too. I’m still trying to figure out what to make for our anniversary, and I’ll be making some homemade Vanilla Cupcakes for Agnes first birthday. Then there is James birthday, and two more cookie catering gigs too. It looks like it will be another busy month in the kitchen.