‘Twas two weeks before Christmas, when all through Mom’s kitchen,
Batches upon batches of cookies were bakin’! :-D
Mom and I definitely worked just as hard the second time around on our marathon cookie baking. We both accomplished double batches of Mexican Wedding Cookies,
and Christmas M&M Cookies. :-P
I actually used the same chocolate chip recipe that I use for my Chewy Chocolate Chip Heath Bar Cookies; I simply substituted M&M’s for Heath bars, and they turned out awesome!
Mom also made up another batch of cookies that absolutely knocked my socks off…
Chocolate & Black Raspberry Filled Shortbread…HOLY DELICIOUSNESS! :shock:
Once again, with cookie baking comes copious amounts of cookie eating. I did manage, however, to keep things somewhat under control and didn’t end up leaving in a sugar coma. YAY for small victories! ;)
Besides, I couldn’t load myself up too much, I had a dinner date with my favorite gals to get to!
We had a great time chatting, catching up, and just enjoying each others’ company. We don’t get to get together nearly as often as we’d like, so these meet-ups are always special. :)
I attempted to take a picture of dinner…
But obviously that wasn’t happening. :oops: Grrrrr. I will tell you that it was a delicious mixed greens salad, topped with oven roasted pears, dried cranberries, almonds and a toasted brie crostini, served with a honey vinaigrette dressing (which I ordered on the side). It was super tasty, but for the amount of food, I’m not sure if it was quite worth the price. I was still hungry after!
But no worries; us ladies knew how to solve that…
Enter: Friendly’s Ice Cream :-P
Now THAT, my friends, is what I call quality “girl time.” ;)
I went with a favorite combo of cookie dough ice cream + caramel + brownie bites.
I guess it’s a good thing I fit in a sweaty treadmill run this morning! :shock:
Mmmm Mmmmm GOOD!
On a side note, some of you asked yesterday how I got my sugar cookies to look so pretty (thank you, by the way!)…
Well, here’s my secret:
This icing is the easiest stuff to decorate with. All you need to do is outline the shape of your cookie, then just fill in about 85% of the middle. Eventually, the icing just fills in any gaps on its own. It’s amazing! :)
Today, Jay and I, along with our friends Joe & Kate, are packing up our rain gear and heading down to the JETS vs. Miami game!
Joe & Kate are Miami fans, while Jay and I (as you know) are total Jets fans, so it should make for a fun day. It would be nice, however, if it wasn’t expected to look like this all day…
100% chance of rain today. ALL day. Oooof. :roll: Good thing we’ve got our ponchos ready!
J-E-T-S, Jets Jets JETS!
Have a great (dry) Sunday everyone!! :-D
Gabriela @ Une Vie Saine says
That sundae looks AMAZING. Friendly’s was always our go-to post-movie spot in middle school…brings back memories! Have fun at the game today.
Faith says
Ha, I just failed @ shortbreads but yours look amazing,and the filling sounds awesome! Have fun at the game – I’ll be watching all of mine on the TV today.
Di @ http://thetreadmilldiaries.com/ says
Kudos on another successful cookie baking session. Everything looks wonderful. Hope my handy work this week turns out as good.
movesnmunchies says
what a sweet weekend.. literally! I love all the treats- especially the ice cream!
CaSaundra says
Nothing beats quality time in the kitchen with mom!! You girls did a fabulous job! :-)
Liz @ Blog is the New Black says
Your cookies look awesome, as expected! Have fun at the game, girl!
Katy says
You have out baked me! I bake so much during the holidays but you take the cake…ummm cookies?
I am a Jet’s fan too! GO JETS! :)
Stay dry!
Emily says
umm, I CANNOT WAIT to eat whatever cookies you bring to the cookie exchange next weekend :)
Michelle says
I have yet to bake any Christmas cookies; I need to get on that!
Holly at Greek Yogurt and Apple Slices says
I love that you & your Mom still bake Christmas cookies together :) It makes me wish I lived closer to my Mom.
& girl’s nights are ALWAYS the best…and topping it off with ice cream, now that’s perfect :D
sweetoothrunner says
Wow that ice cream looks awesome!
Thanks for the icing tip by the way! I don’t think I’ll be able to get that stuff over here in the UK but I’ll look out for it! :)
Jess says
Have fun at the game! Cookie dough is my fav ice cream everrr:)
Melissa (MelissaLikesToEat) says
Oh man…..you’re making me want to bake!!
kristisn says
I love Friendly’s ice cream! The peanut butter sauce there is the best!
leashieloo says
I’m getting a sugar high just looking at your post!
Baking Serendipity says
You had a serious baking day…I love it! Those shortbread cookies look over the top awesome :)
sonal chopra says
loved all the cookie pictures! delicious and soooo pretty! great work :)
vvvv says
good job!
but i hate chrismas… i m solo LOL