Life in bullets: *My Christmas shopping is done…are you? *My Christmas cards are not…hand writing all those addresses with my right hand is less than awesome. But I have stamps and I never have stamps. I think I might start a new ground hog day card tradition instead. :) *When dealing with people in fantasy land it is very hard to get them to understand reality world. *I don’t know how people who work in retail don’t run and get a shovel and start beating people to death…not only for rude customers but for having to hear the same holiday music over and over again. Oh and having to work until 11pm this week and midnight next week at my local mall. I truly feel bad for them…so if this is you I’m sorry. *I’m thinking about starting a savory aspect to the blog…what are your thoughts on this? It would just be once a week. My goal is to use a cookbook I hardly use a week to make dinner or lunch. But if you guys want and all baking blog let me know. It’s … [Read more...]
Move over peanut butter there’s a new blossom in town…
Way Back Wednesday…not what they seem…
These babies are from way back in 2008…I just love how cute they are. At first they really do look life cinnamon rolls. Someone should make them with a little cream cheese frosting and tell me how that is. Or perhaps I should just do that myself. :) Cinnamon Roll Cookies For the filling: ½ cup sugar 2 TBSP ground cinnamon For the dough: 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp salt 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla extract For the icing: 1 cup powdered sugar ¼ cup warm water ½ tsp powdered egg whites For the filling combine sugar and 2 TBSP cinnamon in a small bowl, set aside. Whisk flour, baking powder, 1 tsp cinnamon, and salt together for the dough in a bowl; set aside. Cream butter and brown sugar in a bowl with a mixer until smooth. Add the eggs and vanilla; mix until incorporated. With the mixer on low speed, add the dry ingredients, blending just to incorporate; do … [Read more...]
Yes, more peppermint….
Just a quick note as I rush off to my cookie exchange…which these cookies are for. Didn’t mean to bring up religion on here…and it really was meant, again like 99% of my blog to be something amusing. Though with the emails I got, it was pretty amusing. Especially from the Rick Perry supporters, those were the best emails. If any of the people who let me know I was mocking Christianity and called me basically a heathen actually read my blog you might actually catch on to the fact that I am hanging CHRISTmas decorations and what not, celebrate Easter, sensing a theme??? I don’t worry about the hate mail…Karma will get them. :P Like I said these were made this morning for my cookie exchange today…which if I don’t hurry up I will be late too. :) They were originally made with the regular Andes Mints Baking Chips but I thought that the Peppermint Crunch Chips were way more festive and the bright pinkish red color is more fun than the dark brown. They are essentially a butter … [Read more...]
Way Back Wednesdays…start thinking cookie exchange
While most of you are running around in a frenzy trying to get your meal ready for tomorrow I thought I would quickly highlight one of my favorite holiday (and non-holiday) cookies from the past for Way Back Wednesday. They are kind of like brownies in cookie form with Andes mints swirled into them at the top. Sooo good. While you are focused on Thanksgiving, many of you probably have a Cookie Exchange on the horizon… I have two! I highly recommend these. I would make them but I’ve already done them time and again…but then again they are always a hit. Why change what isn’t broken? :) Andes Chocolate Mint Cookies 3/4 cup butter 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar 2 tablespoons water 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 large eggs 2 1/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda Andes mints candies, broken in half Heat oven to 350°F. Over low heat, combine butter, sugar and water. Heat until melted and add chocolate chips until partly … [Read more...]
