Holiday baking begins at Watermark at Oro Valley [Video]

ORO VALLEY, Ariz. (KGUN) — As the holidays roll around, the time to bake those favorite holiday treats finally arrives. At the Watermark Oro Valley Senior Living, the residents put their skills to the test in their annual baking class.

Each resident in the class made an apple pie from scratch and either baked it or saved it in the freezer for Thanksgiving next week.

“This will be the talk of the next two days,” Alma Montt, the community life director at the Watermark at Oro Valley, said. “They said they were really looking forward to it so they have something to give their families when they come for Thanksgiving.”

The class was filled with the smell of spices and brown sugar as the pies started the baking process. For Connie Schmidt, it’s the pie she’ll bring out for Thanksgiving. But beyond the pies, it was about being with her …