I’ve been a social butterfly this month! It started with a Christmas dinner with my quilting bee December 3rd. They always help me to get into the Christmas spirit, so it’s great that our dinner is always the first Friday of December.
The second party I got to attend was a very posh gathering in a subdivision called “Falling Water” The houses are grand, and the landscaping is awesome, and everything that doesn’t move is lighted! We had a wonderful time, and our hosts made sure that Bears afficionados wouldn’t miss the game! Just to the south and to the east in Indiana, roads were closed due to a winter storm. We celebrated for about ninety minutes before we decided that we needed to make the trek home.
This morning, the woman who leads my exercise class is having her annual Christmas party for the class, right after we exercise! It’s a lot more fun than it sounds. We all bring something to share, and she and her husband provide quiche, sausages, juice and coffee. They have a lovely home and our class loves to visit with them.
I decided that I would take a Praline Pull-apart Bread. It’s rather like a cross between cinnamon rolls and Monkey bread. I rolled frozen white dinner rolls in butter and then in a mix of sugar and cinnamon, and placed them in an Angel Food cake pan. you sprinkle pecans over them, and set them in the refrigerator to thaw overnight.
This morning, Dear Husband woke me when he was ready to start his day, and I finished the preparations for the bread by whipping cream and adding cinnamon and brown sugar to it. The mixture is poured over the rolls and then it’s baked for an hour. It sits for ten minutes (can’t you tell we are sitting as we speak?) and then it’s turned upside down onto a serving platter.
I’m really looking forward to this party. I like my classmates and really enjoy having the time to chat with them. Even people who are not a part of the current class will attend this party, so I’ll have the chance to catch up with old friends.
Isn’t that the best kind of party?