Most Chinese families do not have an oven. I enjoy inviting new friends over to share my recipes and oven. On the menu this time was Cream of Broccoli Soup, Homemade dinner rolls, and Mini Pumpkin Pies. The dough for my dinner roll recipe can also double for cinnamon rolls, so we split the dough in half and made both! Mrs. Liu Ying brought her adorable almost 2 year old son. He was a little shy at first and only played in the kitchen with some of Maddie’s plastic animals. Soon, Rachel began talking with him in Chinese and he warmed up. By the end of the evening they were good buddies.

Kneading the bread dough

Pouring the pumpkin pie batter

I enjoyed getting to know theses ladies a little better, outside of school, and showing them my favorite hobby!