I've been a baking and pastry arts student at the Sandhills Community College for about 2 months now and I thought I'd write a little update about my experience.

First, I have to say, I'm LOVING it!!! I'm absolutely loving every minute of culinary school. Even my sanitation class is a pleasure to attend!
And while it's difficult juggling daycare, and the business, and making sure dinner is prepared, and the animals are fed and blankets are on or off and dentist appointments happen and the house is clean, and the farm is managed, and my horse is still ridden, I still would not trade it for anything right now. 

And to the reader who has been thinking, man I really wish I could take an art class, or an architecture course, or go back to school to fix motorcycles, or whatever it may be...I say DO IT!!!!! Do It Now if you can. Find a way to make it happen and just do it! "In the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take" -said someone else who was not me ;)

Now for the fun stuff...what have we been baking???? 
I'll show a picture "montage" of our bakes so far this year.

To quote Ina Garten, "how easy is that?". This "crack bacon" recipe is just that! Also known as millionaire bacon, or sweet and spicy bacon, there are many versions of this recipe, but below is how I make mine.

​First things First. MAKE YOURSELF SOME COFFEE. Always the first step in every recipe I make.