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Cookies, cookies, cookies…

Here is it February 23, 2022 and no previous posts for the year. Whoops! On the plus side, I have been making things in my kitchen. Over the holidays I was fortunate enough to make cookies for a holiday concert and friends and family. I also have been practicing my chocolate skills a bit more and made hot cocoa bombs. I had great intentions of making chocolates for sale for Valentine’s Day, but never got them fully together. That said, I did make some and little more than a week after Valentine’s Day I still have them on my speed rack. Pictures of cookies are below.

Let’s talk cookies… I love shortbread cookies. Walker’s Shortbread from Scotland is one of my favorites and they are widely available. I set out to try to make my own, and tried several recipes. I think I have found my favorite and want to start making them more regularly. Ultimately I want to dip them in chocolate and decorate them with cocoa butter designs. It is a cross between my chocolate skills and cookies. Fingers crossed I can make it work out…

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Summer Wrap Up

The first day of Fall was this week and it had me thinking about the summer. This summer has been whirlwind in our household. The kids are growing fast and it hit me that my youngest is not a baby anymore but a full fledged toddler.

With all that was going on around the house, there hasn’t been a lot of fancy creating, but I got a few things made.

First there were the watermelon cookies I made while my mother and nephews were visiting. Thank you Pinterest (link below)! I was a fun little treat to make and the kids loved them. I tweaked the recipe a little. What can I say, typical me… https://pin.it/ivt2i7gzsn4i3z

I also made a birthday cake for my nephews 5th birthday. He wanted chocolate cake with white frosting. They live about 400 miles away, but we were planning to drive up for a visit, so I was able to bake the sponge, travel and then do some final assembly upon arrival. I went for a fun, homemade (less polished) look. If only I hadn’t left my favorite offset spatula at my sister’s house…

Then there were the ice cream sandwiches. Yum! I used to make them at Paragon restaurant in San Francisco. Sadly, Paragon closed last year after something like 20 years. 🙁 But I still have my recipes and made some delicious ice cream sandwiches to take to a BBQ get together. I hadn’t made the recipe in a long time, but it still came out as I remember it.