Things I've Baked Since Becoming "the doughy recent graduate with a job"

I am no longer thedoughycoed, but the doughy recent graduate with a job doesn't look as good typed without spaces. I graduated in May and got a job and my own apartment with a real kitchen and the type of counterspace that dreams are made of. 

I prepared liege waffles the night before a huge snowstorm to reward myself for shoveling the driveway. I used "smitten kitchen's" recipe, and they were excellent recovery fuel. And yes . . . that is apple pie moonshine because it was a big storm, and I am a small girl, and my dad lives 3 hours away and can't clear the driveway for me, and gosh darnit, I earned it. 

I made KAF's "Italian Supermarket Bread." It's an exact replica of bread basket bread from Italian/American Restaurants, perfect to eat too much of before a bowl of pasta or to turn into garlic bread the next day. I did both . . .

Not leavened, so maybe it doesn't count, but I MADE MY FIRST PIE. My grandma is probably the queen of pies, and yet I did not make a pie in all 22 years of my life. I used the "Americas Test Kitchen" pie crust recipe with vodka, and it was a dream to work with. 

This past Thanksgiving, I wasn't able to travel home, so I hosted Thanksgiving dinner for my parents and friends at my new place. I have a super tiny family, so our biggest Thanksgiving was only 6 people; well I had 8 people and did all the cooking. I made "Field Blend 2" as baguettes. People are always impressed by baguettes, and what does any Thanksgiving table need more than another carb? 

I have a deep-seeded fear of large vats of hot oil (there was a homemade tortilla chip incident in college), but I made KAF's apple cider doughnuts, and they were worth it. Can I make an "immersion therapy" joke here in reference to deep frying? 

More "Field Blend #2" because I'm a woman who knows what she likes, and the wheat and rye make me feel slightly better about eating an entire loaf by myself. 

After many experiences with bagels that shook my confidence as a baker to its very core, I finally had success with floydm's bagel recipe. I made these just today and they too will become excellent shoveling fuel.