Goodbye Chanukah, Hello Christmas

Tonight was the last night of Chanukah.

As such, I spent the afternoon doing the only thing conceivable. I spent it making doughnuts.

For a little while, things - specifically the apple filling I was making on the fly - looked pretty grim.

After all was done, they looked more than a little like charcoal briquettes.

Fortunately, both the apple-filled and the chocolate-glazed turned out magnificent - hideous, yes, but magnificent. Out of 15 total doughnuts attempted, all were perfectly edible, and only the first 11 we cooked at such a high temperature that they ended up looking like coal. Who knew the oil kept getting hot after it reached the goal temperature? The answer, it would seem, is everyone but me.

Ah well. We’ve got several tasty doughnuts to show for my, er, arduous afternoon in the kitchen, and only a few days left until we celebrate Big C’s holiday, Jesusday Presentday Christmas. Goodbye Chanukah, hello Christmas.