brooke's nooks.

the thing about staying with three girls young ladies between the ages of 12 & 17 is that baking becomes an essential to my low-key sanity.

they request delicious baked goods from the likes of Magnolia Bakery’s cookbook on Thursday nights…

& they request Flapjacks from Williams Sonoma on Sunday mornings.

trust me, i’m not complaining (you see that Wolf oven, right?),

all the baking acts as a true test of my willpower-

& even more reason why the youngest tells me, besides the usual “you’re Khloe because of her attitude & Kourtney because of her looks,” that I’m their favorite babysitter.

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b.r. and mama j will be in town tonight for a weekend visit. 

i’m using their visit as my motivation to get into the fall mood.

so i opted for baking an autumn-esque recipe…

magnolia bakery’s pumpkin bars with homemade vanilla cream cheese frosting. 

prepping…

pumpkin batter…

ready to bake..

fresh outta the oven..

cooled, frosted and ready for the taking…

magnolia=amazing.

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