Finalized making what I call "the kit" which is really a stapled together booklet of lists and recipes. I do it with every great cooking feat, planning for parties, multicourse dinners, etc.
Top page is a shopping/ingredient list, this way, I can look at a glance and see that for the four kinds of cookies all require flour, how much etc. Also on the first page is a final list of what I'm making, exactly. Second page is a list of how many buckets and who they're going to. The rest of the packet is the recipes. Now I have a master list to cook and shop from. By the end of the holidays, it's normally crusted over with molasses, egg, and sugar. I still have the ones I used from previous years, but I'm making some changes this year, so I made a whole new thing.
We cleaned out the corner baking cabinet, and began organizing the box. During the baking session, I keep a huge rubbermaid box in the center of the kitchen holding all my baking supplies, for efficiency's sake. Nothing halts a good flow like having to hunt for something. I hate that shit, so before I even start, I go through the house hunting up the baking powder, ground ginger, sugars, flour, extracts and toss everything in the box. Really saves time.
Now I have to put together my big shopping list, find all my cookie sheets and cooling racks, buy the gift containers, parchment, and wrapping supplies.
This almost didn't happen today. I feel like I'm coming down with bronchitis. I feel mildly shiteous today, but overall I'm fine, if it gets any worse, I'm going to have to postpone or cancel Foodathon all together.
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