occasionally, joseph enjoys thumbing through it & finding a new (and typically multi-step intensive) recipe we have never made. & there are some i will never, ever, ever* make again (um, bump-on-a-log, which was just like eating chocolate-flavored chalk...rocky road pizza cookies - sorry, ick...& burger bite cookies - which did not actually involve hamburger, thank goodness).
*okay, if joseph asked & was really persuasive, i'd make them again.
so, i say all of this to lead up to the cookie exchange i hosted this past week - yay! i am part of a women's circle (never thought i'd say that until i had completely white hair, but, really, this one is hip-ish) at our quaker meeting, and i was inspired by another circle at our meeting, which hosts a cookie exchange each year. not to ride on their coat-tails, but we decided to have one, too! our circle is primarily moms-of-teenagers, so turn-out was sparse (if you are a mom of young children...just you wait. think you're busy now? well, yes, you are, but you will, eventually, not be tired anymore, & so busy your head will spin)...
the recipe i chose (from my faithful 'cookies for kids' book) was chocolate crinkles, which i'd never made before (actually, i think there are only a few recipes in the book i've made more than once...hmmmm, reflecting on that statement, i should probably reconsider my recipe source).
aren't they pretty?
& here is one of the Quakerbakers!
(i am respecting others' baking privacy, since i have no signed photo consents.)
(in case you are wondering, this is not my kitchen!
it is the kitchen at our meetinghouse.)
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| Christina's christmassy chocolate chip cookies |
