A Quiet Day at Home

Walnut marmalade mini loaves cooling

My son needed the Jeep in Kingston most of the day today, so it was a great time to stay indoors and get some more baking and making done. Actually, the only thing I baked were the marmalade loaves and a pan of shortbread.  I made a new refrigerator cookie called chocolate peanut butter pinwheels. I can slice and bake them over the weekend. I made Rice Krispie squares because that is one of the treats that is expected, as is the chocolate no-bakes (or haystacks they are sometimes called)

Loaves are well wrapped for the freezer. Rice Krispie squares are individually wrapped. 

I love shortbread but cannot roll it out.  Here I have pressed the mixture into a glass pan to bake. When cooled, I will slice them into bars. 

Chocolate no-bakes are spooned onto inside wrappers saved from cereal boxes instead of wax paper or parchment.

These are another Christmas favourite. Like rice krispie squares, these are really easy to make. I like EASY. I used to bake dozens of different kinds of cookies. Now I make up just a very few in my old age. *laugh*

I didn't see my Sweetie today, but I talked to him several times. He was sent for another chest X-ray and another scan of his kidney. They took blood from him twice yesterday while I was there, to grow a culture. He still does not have the results of that. I will be going in tomorrow after the Costco pick-up to visit him and will probably be there when some of the results come in. I will keep you informed. Have a good night.