Back in the saddle again....

One of my favorite things to do used to be to bake. I loved to do it. I could put some headphones on, get my mixer out and just make all kinds of creations.

Nephew #2. 1st Bday Cupcakes 

I’ve made birthday cakes, smash cakes for babies, baby shower cakes and all kinds of random deserts. While my specialty was cupcakes, I did enjoy making all types of things. I have made each and every one of my nephew’s birthday cakes, and enjoy doing them all! I don’t know what it is about baking, but it just helps me to be able to chillax for a bit and just get in the zone.

For the past few months, I haven’t baked anything. Most of the past few months my eye site hasn’t been well enough to be able to see what I’m mixing much less a recipe. It got to the point that I had to stop cooking anything for a bit because everything I tried to cook ended up burnt. It was after my husband got up one morning, and smelled my burnt eggs that he said…. Maybe you should lay off the cooking for a bit. If you have ever tried to get the smell of burnt eggs out of your house you probably understand where he was coming from. 

Nephew #1, 4th Bday cupcakes 

Even after I gained some vision back, and probably could have baked something, I still chose not to. I’m not exactly sure of my reasoning behind it. I had all kinds of excuses in my head…. Whatever I made probably wouldn’t be any good, there was nobody that would eat it, I might burn them…and the list goes on. And I never really realized how much I had missed it. My mom told me one day “you need to get back in that kitchen and bake something!” And it wasn’t until a few days later that I decided maybe she was right. Maybe I just needed to get back in the saddle and try to do it. Sure, if I failed I would be terribly upset with myself, but I would at least be able to say that I tried. I had been trying to grab straws at things that I used to be able to do and now couldn’t, and this was another one of those things that I had to prove to myself.

So I put on my big girl panties, picked up my mixer for the first time in months, and got to it. I had chosen to make something different. Something I wouldn’t normally make. Something fallish. So, the final decision was salted caramel apple cheesecake strudels. It wasn’t something hard. It required a lot of steps, but they were not overall hard to make. I was very pleased with how they looked. I got my husband to try one, and was convinced they were going to be the best thing ever…. And he said “eh they are alright, not really my thing.” I just wanted to be like…. NOT YOUR THING?? WHAT? So, I let them sit in the fridge for a couple days, then decided to give some to my sister, to get another critics opinion. So I took her over some of these salted caramel apple cheesecake strudels, and she was so excited to try them. I felt like it took her forever to finally try one… I kept asking, did you try one yet? Did you try one yet? Finally, she texted and said “these things are divine!” And I felt a big smile cross my face, because I had done it. I had gotten back in the saddle, and created something that people liked!

So I am including the recipe for these divine little strudels, so that you can make this yummy fall treat as well! If you try them out, let me know what you think! 

Yummy Caramel Apple Cheesecake Struddle Recipe <=Click here for Recipe and Directions