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Anyway, I've gotten five batches made in this new year so far - I know, I really am a terrible example of a blogger. Still looking for suggestions on somehow marking this journey, but not necessarily through writing posts.
#230 Iced Cinnamon Chip Cookies
Cabin weekend. Somehow my husband managed to get a kid free (and wife free) weekend at home - not sure how he finagled that - I'm going to need to take lessons. Now if only I had the time. So the kids and I headed up North to play in the snow with cousins and grandparents - except that it was -20 below (windchill). So perfect baking weather. They didn't last long, I had to pack one away so that the husband at home would get to try at least one - they were rated a 5.
Like a chocolate chip cookie, except with cinnamon baking chips and a powdered sugar/butter icing topping.
#231 Double-Chip Cookies
With -20 below weather, it's also perfect weather for a chili cook-off - or so my place of employment thought. I didn't want to make chili but I was more than happy to make cookies. Another big winner - a chocolate chip cookie type cookie but with vanilla chips and peanut butter chips.
#232 Honey Lemon Cookies
Girls weekend with no kids! I found out though that we are pretty lame. I brought up two bottles of alcohol and a bottle of wine. A friend brought a bottle of wine. And another friend made bloody mary's, which most of us learned we don't like much because we don't like tomatoes. With all that, we went through about one bottle of wine. We didn't even open my other two bottles. We sat on the couch and watched HGTV - pretty much the whole weekend. I guess that's what 30 something mom's of young children do with their child-free weekends.
Recipe:
7 tbs butter, softened 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup sugar 1/3 cup honey
1 egg 1/4 cup plain yogurt
1 3/4 cup flour 2 tsp grated lemon peel
1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp lemon extract
Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbs lemon juice (I was kicking myself for forgetting to buy lemon juice, but then later realized - duh, I have lemons - I can get lemon juice from the lemons)
2 tsp grated lemon peel
In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Combine the honey, yogurt, lemon peel and lemon extract. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with the honey mixture.
Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove cookies to wire racks.
In a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar, and lemon juice until smooth. Brush over the warm cookies; sprinkle with lemon peel.
#233 Chocolate Macaroon Brownies
Free dog to good home. Okay - okay home is fine too. I know my dog is bored, I know I haven't gotten her enough exercise. I feel like a bad pet owner for neglecting her and then feeling burdened by her. But dang it - she ate half of these brownies that I was so excited to eat. Of course these brownie-base, with a layer of sweetened condensed milk and coconut middle with a chocolate butter frosting - rated a 5. It's a good thing that she got into them under Mike's watch and he let me know while I was away so that I could calm myself before getting home - or else that dog might have been kicked out.
Any advice on training a pretty trainable dog. She's pretty good, but lately has been so bad about stealing food.
#234 Mickey Mouse cookies
No, there's not a recipe in my book for Mickey Mouse cookies. There is however a recipe for a cookie cutter cookie called Smooth Sailing Sugar cookies - cookies in the shape of fish and sailboats. I don't ever really see a need for fish cookies - so I took this recipe and used my mickey cookie cutter to make cookies for Joey's birthday.
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| Okay, so this isn't the cookie - I forgot to take a picture of the cookies, I will though - I froze some for the next party. I impressed myself with this cake. I got the recipe from one site, how to make it a three from another site. The frosting design from a 3rd site and the frosting recipe from a cookbook. |
