ScrumpyDaddy

Posted by Rachel

Yes, yes I know. This is the first official blog in months. Funny how something breaks and takes a little time to fix and then you get out of the habit of doing it. Well, for me that was the blog. I have been meaning to do this for weeks, well actually I guess months now. Here it is folks, I’m back. My goal is a post a week to start and we can go from there.

Cookie Mania was the theme for the weekend. I might actually be tired of cookies already and I have hardly eaten any. Good thing we will be giving a bunch away to friends and family.

The mania began yesterday morning after breakfast. Actually after I did the dishes. I’ve got to find a way to do the dishes more often. I think we had dishes from last weekend still to do. It’s just during the week we never want to do them. After having worked all day, then playing with the kids and getting them ready for bed we have no desire to clean anything. We just want to sit and try to spend a little time together before we pass out.

Anyways, the first cookies we made were the sugar cookies so that Abby could help. Sorry Zach maybe you can help next year. Zach had a snack and played with play dough (ate some of that) while we made cookies. Abby helped Daddy roll out the dough and then used the cookie cutters to cut her favorite shapes. We did green Christmas trees and stockings and then red stockings, candy canes, and bells. This took about 1 1/2 hours with Abby helping to make just one batch of sugar cookies. By then it was time for lunch and Dave made a second batch all cut out and decorated in 25 minutes. Wow!

During rest time (Abby didn’t actually sleep, just played and read quietly in her room) Dave ran to the store for a couple of things so I attempted to make the chocolate chip cookies. Never again! Dave makes them much better and I think it is because he creams the Crisco and sugar by hand. I’m not interested in doing that.

After the kids got up Dave and I made the chocolate cookies (some with peanut butter chips), buckeyes, and trash. Then we took the kids out back to play in the snow for bit. We went sledding down our hill again. The kids just love it. Sometimes it is great to have a yard with a hill that is good for sledding.

The last cookie for the night we attempted to make were raspberry thumbprint cookies. They did not turn out so well. We let the butter get too soft and they just oozed everywhere in the oven and didn’t hold their form. Abby had a great time putting the raspberry jam in the center before baking and that was the highlight.

Cookie Mania continued on today after church. We stopped at my in-laws to get the pizzele maker. While Abby watched Ice Age 2 we made 2 batches of pizzelles (vanilla and anise) and another batch of the raspberry thumbprints. I was not giving up on the thumbprints. This time we left the butter in the fridge and did not soften it. They turned out great! I am so happy we tried again.

Well…it was a great weekend and cookie mania is over for the cooking portion at least. Now it is time to enjoy eating them and giving them to friends and family.