Burnin' Rubber...rubber stamps that is...

She bakes AND she posts...

This past week we had a potluck at work. My dish? A Walnut Twist for the breakfast portion of the feast.

Check it out...
That is what I started with after mixing all my ingredients. YES, I made this from SCRATCH!!! LOL

After kneeding the above for about 5-10 minutes, I ended up with this...
Doesn't the ball of dough look so happy sitting in the bowl in a warm place?

I had to let the dough get even HAPPIER for about 90 minutes and I ended up with this...
BAM!!!! Now that is HAPPY dough! Come to Mama "happy dough" cause I am about to make you even HAPPIER!!! I spread the dough thin, spread the filling and added a whole lot of nuts (sorry I didn't get a picture of that, seriously, what was I thinking? LOL) and then threw it in the oven....see below...
Oh my word...beautiful, delightful, oh so yummy! You are simply wonderful Mr. Happy Dough and I plan on eating you. Yes, I plan on slathering you with butter and popping you into my mouth...LOL

Wanna see a close up?
Makes your mouth water huh? I know...the Angels even sang that morning that we ate him for breakfast...ahhhhhh...

So now if I can just get back to stamping, all will be right in the world! heehee

See you Peeps later!

Learned something new yesterday!!

And OH! was it ever FUN!!!! 

Have any of you ever made TAMALES before? No, I am not talking about buying them in the store and heating them up. I am talking about making HOMEMADE TAMALES!!  And yes, I made some yesterday!! WOOT! WOOT! I am now a certified, professional, Tamale maker! LOL

Check out some my pics from yesterday....

This is the chile sauce I made (yes, Esther had ME make it!!) to mix in with the Massa:

This is me mixing the chile sauce into the Massa:

These are my friends Anna, Mary & Amy preparing the Hojas (corn husks): 

This is the spread that Esther put out for us, actually this pic is only a small portion of the spread she put out for us!! LOL 

This is Anna whipping together some Green Tamales while our Hojas were soaking (that is Esther in the red shirt, she was the kitchen boss yesterday): 

This is our assembly line...

And this, my Peeps, is the 38 dozen Tamales we whipped up yesterday:

After all that, it was time for this... 

Okay, so we didn't have Margaritas yesterday but we DID have plenty of wine, beer and Sangria. Oh Mama, it was a FUN day! I so needed it after the week I had. And let me just say... I am so very, VERY blessed to work with a fun group of girls whom I love dearly!! Thank you again Ladies for a WONDERFUL day and Esther? I truly think you are one HOT chile pepper!!!