I have been baking up a storm the last week. I typically am not the "baking" type. It requires too much measuring, timing, being precise, and following recipes exactly. I much prefer cooking where I can creatively change things or stray from the recipe without worrying that my dish will be a total flop. I like measuring things in my hands (a la Rachael Ray), and not so much in spoons and cups that you have to level to get just right. That being said, my sister has let me keep her Kitchenaid mixer at my house while she is living in her current apartment, and this glorious piece of kitchen equipment almost makes me change my mind about baking. I have no doubts that I will have to buy my own once Mara wants hers back. Either that, or I'll have to mysteriously leave the country, along with the mixer. But those things are awfully heavy...
Anyway, I won't go into a lot of detail about the cookies, but I WILL direct you to where I found all of my recipes. I didn't make anything that was a total fail, which is a HUGE step as far as my baking skills are concerned.
For Cavallaro/Lewis/Connealy/Ferrell (its official name, even though there were no Lewises present...) cookie baking this year, I made Chai-Kissed Chocodoodles. Kristen made French Butter Cookies. Mara made Coffee Toffee. Amanda made delicious puppy chow, which I don't have the recipe for, but I DID learn that you must always use Chex, and not Crispix :)
After school got out on Tuesday, I spent a couple of days primarily in my kitchen making Orange Cookies, Magic in the Middle Cookies (my personal favorite), and Homemade Peppermint Oreos.
I have more cookies than I possibly know what to do with, so I will continue trying to pawn them off on whoever will take them.
Merry Christmas, friends!
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