Yay Summer! I think. Except we've had one month of summer (I count summer starting as of Memorial Day) and we've been in urgent care, the ER or a doctor's appointment a dozen times. First it was the middle monkey (my kids being my monkeys) - throwing up in the middle of the night - but only at night. She was fine during the day. Turns out - strep throat - which she so kindly then shared with me. Then our littlest monkey (only 2 months old) went to urgent care for vomiting and a little fever. If you're 2 months old then - a fever means go to the ER. Never found out what was wrong with her - even in the follow up doctor visits. She seems to be fine now. Onto the oldest child who tells us that he has blood drops when he pees. That's just a little concerning. No blood drops - just a little ointment to clear things up. That very same night the middle monkey starts throwing up again in the middle of the night - just at night. No reoccurence of strep (we brought her in) - no idea what's wrong with her - she seems fine. Until a few days later when she says it hurts when she pees. ARRRGGH! Not officially a UTI, but something going on - doctors don't know what.
On top of that - my own regularly scheduled appointments - post surgery and to check up on my Crohn's condition.
Here's hoping to seeing no doctor in the month of July!
With all that - I still managed to bake a few batches of cookies (2 batches from the last post and these 3 batches).
#296 Chocolate Pudding Sandwiches
This is that cookie that I didn't quite have the right ingredient. I waited until I found the right ingredient and made these for a summer BBQ.
On the way to our cabin, I stopped at Target quickly to grab ingredients for this cookie and to return diapers and buy the same diapers in order to get the $20 Target gift card. I had bought the diapers a day before the deal started. Totally worth the stop, right? 3 kids, a dog in the car and an infant that needs to eat. I told the kids we'll be real quick. Real quick in Target - I know, those words don't go together. I just needed diapers, chocolate pudding mix, cool whip, marshmallows and chocolate wafers. That should be easy.
Except - where would you look for chocolate wafers? I looked in the cookie aisle. All I could find was those "Nilla" wafers; not chocolate. I decided to go with those. But then, ultimately decided I couldn't go through with compromising the recipe. So no cookie for the cabin that weekend.
The following week, while at Cub, I happened to notice chocolate wafers while I was in the baking aisle - because that makes sense. I still don't know if the Target in Forest Lake has the wafers or not - perhaps in the baking aisle.
I was told more than once - these are kind of like an oreo cookie. Just mix chocolate pudding mix with 1 1/2 cup milk for 2 minutes (let stand for 2 more minutes). Fold in 8 oz of cool whip and 1 cup mini marshmallows. Spread pudding mix on the bottom of a chocolate wafer (you'll need 2 pkgs of said wafer) and top with another wafer. Freeze for 3 hours (and keep in freezer unless you're serving them).
#297 Chocolaty Double Crunchers
This may be one of my favorite cookies that I've made so far - for sure in the top 5.
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup quick cooking oats
1 cup crushed cornflakes
1/2 cup coconut
Filling
6 oz of cream cheese (softened)
1 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture and ix well. Add oats, cornflakes and coconut.
Roll into 1 inch balls. Place 2 in apart on greased baking sheets. Flatten with a glass dipped lightly in flour. Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
For filling, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Add chocolate; mix well. Spread about 1 tb on half of the cookies and top each with another cookie. Store in refrigerator
Note: You can pile on the filling - there's a lot.
#298 Hazelnut chocolate cookies
If all the doctor's visits weren't enough this month - we have no bathroom on 2nd floor - until yesterday. I now have my dream spa bathroom. And despite my two oldest monkeys screaming at each other in the next room; and my two month old fussing next to me - every muscle in my body is totally relaxed. That's what a whirlpool/air tub and luxurious shower will do for you.
A friend of ours (a contractor) has been helping us out - getting us bids and finding tile guys for us and all sorts of other construction guys (there's a lot of different construction jobs that go into an addition). He's been looking at our plans - and just overall a huge help. So this batch was for him.
And you learn something new everyday. I learned how to peel and toast hazelnuts. Boil water and then put 3 tbs of baking soda in it. Put hazelnuts in the water and boil for 3-4 minutes. Then place in ice cold water. The peels almost fall right off.
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