The jam stars – as Susan calls them – or Spitzbuben, as Max & Patrick say, are made and in the freezer, as are the fruit & nut balls, the Molly Wizenberg recipe that I’ve been making since her first book came out in 2009. But, I made the Joy of Cooking lebkuchen last night, … [Read more…]
The party was last night, and I’m up and at the computer at 7:23 on a Sunday, because John & Megan said they want to leave to go back to Chicago at 8:00, and they’re sleeping in Al’s/Kaylah’s/Megan’s/the AFS student’s room, which is right off the kitchen, and I don’t want to interrupt their last … [Read more…]
I set myself the goal of approximately 10 cookie kinds to be made over Saturday & Sunday, and I basically made it, despite falling off a stool, while reaching for a lid for one of my big cookie containers – and dislocating my little finger. I spent a couple of hours in the ER, but … [Read more…]
…left to make. Next Wednesday is pack & ship day, so it means about 15 kinds between now – Friday – and then. Done: Nukhorns – but since I had that crisis of confidence, thinking I hadn’t made a large enough batch and went out at almost 10:00 at night to buy more cottage cheese … [Read more…]
The jam cookies are done! and there’s a lot of them, 250+ My weight is up 1/2 pound. We went and got our wedding rings and the jeweler was mean to us. That’s smiley/frownie style – but (unfortunately?) I am a grownup, so I can’t leave it there. We had a gift certificate that had … [Read more…]
I think I’m in full-scale cookie denial at the moment, and a little tired out from Thanksgiving. There’s one cookie kind (the Joy of Cooking Lebkuchen, German honey & spice bars) in the vestibule, where I store cookies, and where I am at the mercy of the weather for refrigeration. So, I could say I’m … [Read more…]
We had a terribly mild fall, warm enough to sit outside well into November, and then I got a snow storm for the night of my party. I guess there are a couple of up sides: despite the mild weather, it did cool down enough in November to make cookie storage OK in the vestibule, … [Read more…]
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Here’re pics of some of the cookie kinds I baked since last Sunday. [supsystic-slider id=13 ]
… into the home stretch … here comes [your horse name here] … and other racing metaphors. I can’t remember exactly how many kinds I’ve got done, and I’m way behind on pictures, but the two most time consuming kinds, the baby ruggelach, or nukhorns, and the spoon cookies (and I guess they’re called Lusikkaleivat … [Read more…]