Nothing but a nice fire

What a snowy, wintry day in Upstate. Just perfect for a Football Sunday and a great excuse not to do anything except lighting a nice warm fire.  That wasn't quite the case around here. We did most of our Christmas gift wrapping. We got some washing done - cars and clothes. Ted did some shopping... for ME!!!! I baked the bases of my Almond Torte "thing" that will be explained at a later date.  I also made molasses bread which turned out really wonderful, especially since I didn't have any bread flour.  See the recipe at the side, under "Other [...]