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blogger friend school #10

Are we really on assignment #10 in Blogger Friend School already? Wow! I know I haven’t done all of the assignments, but I didn’t think we were that far along yet.

We’re sharing favorite Christmas/holiday cookie recipes this week. I don’t have pictures of my cookies like Tamara does, but you probably already know what these recipes look like when they’re baked!

Blossom Cookies

1 3/4 C. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 C. shortening
1/2 C. peanut butter
1/2 C. sugar
1/2 C. brown sugar
1 egg
2 Tbs. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 bag Hershey Kisses

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Mix together flour, baking soda & salt. In a separate bowl, mix shortening, peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, milk & vanilla. Add flour mixture a little at a time , mixing well after each addition. Form into small balls, and roll in (white) sugar. Bake for 6 minutes. Remove cookies from the oven; place a Hershey’s Kiss in the center of each cookie, using the Kiss to slightly flatten the cookie. Bake 2 minutes longer. Cool on pan 2-5 minutes before removing to cooling rack.

If you make these cookies, be careful. They are seriously addicting! I think this mix makes a couple dozen cookies ~ you’ll be surprised at how quickly they will disappear!

This next recipe was given to me by one of the best baker/cookie maker moms I’ve ever met. I know it’s not technically a holiday cookie recipe, but they truly are the best chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever had ~ the recipe merits being shared.

The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever

1 C. butter
1 C. brown sugar
1 C. granulated (white) sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 C. flour
2 1/2 C. blended rolled oats (measured before blending)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/12 C. chopped nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

Cream butter & sugars. Add eggs and vanilla; blend well. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, blended oatmeal (oatmeal flour), baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture; mix together well. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts (if using). Let the dough rest for a few minutes (if you’re in a hot & humid climate, you can place the dough into the refrigerator for a couple of minutes). Spoon tablespoon-fulls of dough out and roll into balls. Flatten with the back of a spoon. Place 1 to 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake for 8-10 minutes ~ remove from oven before they begin to turn brown (unless you like crunchy chocolate chip cookies ~ if you like crunchy cookies, let them bake until they begin to brown a bit). Cool on cookie sheet for 5 minutes, then remove to cooling rack.

The second part of our assignment this week is to share a special memory about baking Christmas/holiday goodies. One of my fondest memories is from when Roger was a 1st lieutenant (or maybe he was a captain by then?) in the Air Force. We were stationed at Reese AFB in Lubbock, Texas. We couldn’t afford to go to Colorado (home) for the holidays, so we stayed in Lubbock. We hung out with our also “financially challenged” 1st lieutenant/young captain friends, who couldn’t afford to travel for the holidays either. My friend Stacey lived just down the street. That year Stacey decided that I needed to learn how to bake cookies. We spent a couple of days in her kitchen baking cookies. I think we ate the majority of the dough before it could ever be baked, made one enormous mess after the other, had a couple of good-natured cookie dough and frosting fights, and let our very young children eat way more sugar than they should have. It was the most fun I’ve ever had baking!

My verse this week is Galatians 2:20:

I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

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