Baking Day

This morning, as nothing else was pressing, I decided to do a long-overdue Baking Day.

Here's the line-up:

* Four loaves of bread - three plain white and one cinnamon - We cut and enjoyed the cinnamon bread when it was still warm - delicious, though we did decide that it needs more cinnamon next time.

* A Sock-It-To-Me Cake (see the recipe below) - an old family favorite

* Twenty Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins - After cooling, they got put in the freezer for breakfasts.

* Two pans of Cinnamon Shortbread - I stored these away for afternoon teatime. This is a recipe I got from a cookbook I picked up from Border's bargain shelves - "The Best Bake Sale Ever Cookbook" by Barbara Grunes. The shortbread is good but not as good as the Ginger Shortbread recipe I got from The Pleasant View Schoolhouse.

Sock-It-To-Me Cake (a moist, flavorful cake with no need for frosting)

1 pkg. Butter Recipe cake mix
1 C. sour cream
1/2 C. oil
1/4 C. sugar
1/4 C. water
4 eggs
2 tabl. brown sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon

Mix cake mix, sour cream, oil, sugar, water and eggs together with a mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour 1/3 of the batter into a greased 13x9" pan. Mix brown sugar and cinnamon together; sprinkle over batter. Pour the rest of the batter over the top. Bake at 375 for approx. 40 minutes.