Posted in @ play, cookie recipe, discoveries on December 10, 2012 | 4 Comments »
A GREY DAY,
an hour to spare,
a recipe to try.
Halfway through,
a knock at the door,
hands wiped on apron.
The neighbor
from down the block and around the corner,
an invitation to a cookie exchange.
And here I am
elbow-deep
in the cookie dough
of my dreams. 
Yes, I will come.
My decades-long search for the perfect shortbread recipe ends with TOASTED COCONUT SHORTBREAD from Annie’s Eats!
(image from Annie’s Eats: used with permission)
Posted in community, cookie recipe, intentional relating, knitting, processing grief on November 2, 2012 |
“HOLD ON. I’M GOING, TOO.”
In the grey and dark of a November evening
I force myself out.
I need to be intentional about socializing relating.
And besides,
as an act of faith
that I would go,
I made oatmeal cookies midday,
when I was full of determination.
Reaching into the bottom of the scarves-and-gloves box
I discover the ear warmer with the little cables
I knit last year.
waiting there
like an old friend
ready to pick up where we left off
last March.
“I forgot all about this one!” I tell him.
And that seals it.
You know it’s bad
when a simple decision -
to go or not -
becomes too hard to make
and I rely on a plate of cookies and an ear warmer
to make it for me.
* * *
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Earwarmer with little cables. FREE download at Ravelry. Click pic.
Posted in cookie recipe on August 13, 2012 | 3 Comments »
After the peach pie post, several requests came in for directions on how to make pie crust cookies from leftover dough, so I thought I’d put the answer here.
Basically, you roll out the leftover dough, sprinkle it with cinnamon + sugar, start at one edge and roll it up like a jelly roll, slice the roll thin or thick (but consistent size so they bake evenly), lay them in a spare pan or small cookie sheet, bake until just barely browned.
Stick them in the oven with the pies, if there’s room. They don’t take long. They puff up a bit and then start to brown. Don’t let them get too brown or they’re like rocks and it’ll slow down the snacking.
Variation, if you want even more calories: You can spread a thin layer of butter on the rolled-out dough before topping with the cinn-sugar combo.
There are probably dozens of other fillings you can use. I just always go for cinnamon-sugar. Be creative!
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