Baking Day 2011

For the past 13 years I have always hosted a Baking Day.  I pick a day the week before Christmas-invite some family (Mom, Grandma's, Sister, Cousins, etc.) over to bake all day long.  We start early, we drink, bake, eat until the sun goes down.  I bake all kinds of sweets.  I use tons of sugar and flour.  I always attempt a family recipe of kolaches.  Then I usually send everyone home with sweets, take some to Christmas and over-stuff myself on the leftovers.

But this year was different.  I committed to cook ONLY PALEO/PRIMAL foods!  Here's the yummies I made:

Paleo Brownies
http://www.health-bent.com/treats/paleo-fudgy-brownies

Chocolate Chip Cookies
http://cavegirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2011/11/chocolate-chip-cookies.html

Candied Pecans
http://paleomama.com/?p=563

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
http://cavegirlinthekitchen.blogspot.com/2011/11/chocolate-chip-banana-bread.html

Carrot Cake
http://www.primal-palate.com/2011/04/carrot-cake.html


My chocolate chip banana bread wasn't sweet enough but everything else was delicious.  I learned something-we don't really need a lot of sweets.  I made 5 recipes (normally I would make 10).  I had so much left over with just 5 recipes that I ended up freezing alot of it.  I had a much more enjoyable day cooking less and visiting more.

My family was impressed with the paleo foods.  They thought the sweets tasted different without the sugar and flour but they were really good.  A successful day!!