Not everything can be healthy. During the holidays, I still ate some cookies, I was just very careful about how many I ate. These cookies were a winner. They were so good that J wants me to make some without chocolate chips next time. (He doesn't like chocolate much.) I used the recipe from BakerByNature and made a few edits to go with my own tastes. But I must give credit where it is due because this is the best chocolate chip cookie I have ever eaten.
Ingredients:
14 Tbsp. salted butter
2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
1tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1 cup 2Tbsp. dark brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 large eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
(The chocolate chips is where I varied the recipe. I prefer less chocolate and made my own mix of flavors. The original recipe called for 2 1/2 cups of chocolate chips.)
Directions:
Place the butter in a small sauce pan on medium-high heat. Stir constantly until butter is melted and just starting to brown. Scrape butter into a bowl and place the bowl in the refrigerator until butter is room temperature.
After butter is back to room temperature, preheat oven to 375°F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and sea salt. In the stand mixer bowl, add the brown butter and all sugar. Beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and beat until smooth. Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each egg. Slowly fold in the flour mixture. I still used the stand mixer for this but added it in slowly. Fold in chocolate chips. Roll the dough into desired size balls, I used 1-2 tablespoon size but I didn't measure. I just did what felt and looked right. Place the dough balls on the parchment paper leaving about 2 inches between each ball for spreading. Back each baking sheet for 8-10 minutes. The cookies should be golden at the edges but still soft in the center. Let cookies cool a bit before transferring.
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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Snowman Ornaments
These ornaments were so so easy. And I had all of the supplies around the house. If you don't have all of the supplies, they are cheap at your local craft store.
Supplies:
Hot glue
Orange pipe cleaners
Small black beads
Wax paper
Twine
Instructions:
Pour hot glue in spots on the wax paper with the twine looped underneath. The twine is to hold the ornaments on the tree. While it's still hot, trim small pieces of orange pipe cleaner for the carrot noses and carefully insert the small beads for eyes and mouth. Let dry and carefully pull from the paper. I added the ornaments to gifts for decoration. Then they could be hung on the tree.
Note: Again, this was not my idea. Pinterest is a wonderful place. You can find the original blog (or at least the blog I used) HERE.
Supplies:
Hot glue
Orange pipe cleaners
Small black beads
Wax paper
Twine
Instructions:
Pour hot glue in spots on the wax paper with the twine looped underneath. The twine is to hold the ornaments on the tree. While it's still hot, trim small pieces of orange pipe cleaner for the carrot noses and carefully insert the small beads for eyes and mouth. Let dry and carefully pull from the paper. I added the ornaments to gifts for decoration. Then they could be hung on the tree.
Note: Again, this was not my idea. Pinterest is a wonderful place. You can find the original blog (or at least the blog I used) HERE.
Thursday, December 27, 2012
25 Books of Christmas
I saw this idea on Pinterest, of course. It is called the 25 books of Christmas. You wrap up 25 books and you open one with your kid(s) each night of December through Christmas Day. I did this for my two year old. I bought used books at a local used book store and found a pack of Christmas books through Scholastic for a great price. (Although, not all of the books were Christmas books. That is just a lot of Christmas. I just looked for age appropriate.) I spent $0.25-$1.00 on each book so it wasn't expensive and I won't feel too bad if my girl rips some pages. (We are still working on how to treat books with paper pages instead of strong board pages.)
Good news... This was tons of fun and my toddler has built up a great library. Bad news... SO. MANY. BOOKS! So, I will be modifying this for next year. Next year we will just do 25 days of Christmas. Some nights will be crafts, some nights will be making a Christmas treat and some nights will be books. It's a perfect mix.
For those who are interested, I did keep a list of the books I gave L. Some days have more than one book because I ended up with a surplus going overboard on books with great prices. I am also a bit of a book addict myself.
25 books of Christmas:
1. The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore (I ended up with two copies of this so this is on the list twice. Both were illustrated by different illustrators so they were different to a two year old.)
2. Big Red Fire Engine by Rose Greydanus
3. Bible Stories (x3): Noah's Ark, Daniel and the Lion's Den, David and Goliath
4. Dinosaur Olympics
5. On Top of Spaghetti by Tom Glazer (L loved the books that were actually songs. She loves to try to sing and loves to listen to others sing.)
6. Owlbert by Nicholas Harris
7. Puff the Magic Dragon by Pete Yarrow and Lenny Lipton
8. The Big Snowball by Wendy Chayette Lewison
9. Antarctica by Helen Cowcher
10. Baby Donald Makes a Snowfriend by Marilyn J. Sapienza
11. A Very Special Snowflake by Don Hoffman
12. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Barbara Shook Hazen
13. The Twelve Days of Christmas: A Christmas Carol
14. The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell
15. Baby Kermit's Christmas by Louise Gikow
16. Spot's Christmas by Eric Hill
17. Disney's Pooh: How to Catch a Heffalump
18. Disney's 101 Dalmations
19. One Mitten by Kristine O'Connell George & Corduroy's Christmas Surprise by Don Freeman
20. Snow Day by Joan Holub & I Love Christmas by Hans Wilhelm
21. The Twelve Cats of Christmas by Kevin Whitlark
22. Merry Christmas Grumpy Bunny by Justine Korman & Pocket's Christmas Wish by Ann Bonwill and Russell Julian
23. Clifford's Christmas by Norman Bridwell & Santa Duck and His Merry Helpers by David Milgram & A Silly Snowy Day by Michael Coleman
24. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore (This one was wrapped up with her Christmas pajamas.)
25. Curious George Snowy Day by H.A. Rey & Merry Christmas Curious George by H.A. Rey
Good news... This was tons of fun and my toddler has built up a great library. Bad news... SO. MANY. BOOKS! So, I will be modifying this for next year. Next year we will just do 25 days of Christmas. Some nights will be crafts, some nights will be making a Christmas treat and some nights will be books. It's a perfect mix.
For those who are interested, I did keep a list of the books I gave L. Some days have more than one book because I ended up with a surplus going overboard on books with great prices. I am also a bit of a book addict myself.
25 books of Christmas:
1. The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore (I ended up with two copies of this so this is on the list twice. Both were illustrated by different illustrators so they were different to a two year old.)
2. Big Red Fire Engine by Rose Greydanus
3. Bible Stories (x3): Noah's Ark, Daniel and the Lion's Den, David and Goliath
4. Dinosaur Olympics
5. On Top of Spaghetti by Tom Glazer (L loved the books that were actually songs. She loves to try to sing and loves to listen to others sing.)
6. Owlbert by Nicholas Harris
7. Puff the Magic Dragon by Pete Yarrow and Lenny Lipton
8. The Big Snowball by Wendy Chayette Lewison
9. Antarctica by Helen Cowcher
10. Baby Donald Makes a Snowfriend by Marilyn J. Sapienza
11. A Very Special Snowflake by Don Hoffman
12. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Barbara Shook Hazen
13. The Twelve Days of Christmas: A Christmas Carol
14. The Littlest Angel by Charles Tazewell
15. Baby Kermit's Christmas by Louise Gikow
16. Spot's Christmas by Eric Hill
17. Disney's Pooh: How to Catch a Heffalump
18. Disney's 101 Dalmations
19. One Mitten by Kristine O'Connell George & Corduroy's Christmas Surprise by Don Freeman
20. Snow Day by Joan Holub & I Love Christmas by Hans Wilhelm
21. The Twelve Cats of Christmas by Kevin Whitlark
22. Merry Christmas Grumpy Bunny by Justine Korman & Pocket's Christmas Wish by Ann Bonwill and Russell Julian
23. Clifford's Christmas by Norman Bridwell & Santa Duck and His Merry Helpers by David Milgram & A Silly Snowy Day by Michael Coleman
24. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore (This one was wrapped up with her Christmas pajamas.)
25. Curious George Snowy Day by H.A. Rey & Merry Christmas Curious George by H.A. Rey
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