Saturday, March 21, 2009

It's Been a June Cleaver Kind of Morning


It's Saturday morning, 7:00 a.m. and I have just finished baking two batches of cookies.

After the first batch I looked at the mess I had created.

I counted the cookies.

26.

That's it. 26 cookies. I had to clean up this mess for just 26 cookies.

I do most things by determining if the outcome is worth the effort. I decided it wasn't. I had way too much of a mess for just 26 cookies.

So I made a second batch.

I used all the same equipment, so now I got double the outcome from just about the same effort. I feel much better.

The cookies are good, too. They are Cinnamon Snaps--sort of like gingersnaps, except there is no ginger. :) They are a bit crispy.


Here's the easy recipe:

Cinnamon Snaps

Ingredients:
3/4 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar (I used light, but either light or dark would be fine)
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
Additional Sugar


In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in another bowl; slowly add to creamed mixture. Roll into 1-in. balls, then roll in additional sugar.
Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until cookies are set and tops are cracked. Remove to wire rack to cool. Yield: 26 cookies.

These weren't the only cookies I made. I visited a new blog last week called Twirl and Taste.

Libby posted a recipe for peanut butter sandwich cookies. I made them last night and they are big, soft, full of peanut butter and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. The recipe is here.

This recipe takes a lot more effort. I froze all of the cookies to use later for a light dessert. I believe Libby served them for a lunch dessert. They are a large cookie and would make a dandy dessert for peanut butter lovers.

Off now to change the bed linen.

I hope you all enjoy your Saturday. I plan to fully enjoy my low key weekend.

4 comments:

  1. These both look yummy Zoey :)
    My son in law loves pb cookies, so I may give these a try..
    xo

    ReplyDelete
  2. Oh oh oh..I do love peanut cookies and will definetly be trying these. The cinnamon crisps sound good too. You should be good in the dessert dept for awhile right Zoey?
    I think the same way..once my kitchen is messy I may as well continue with baking..

    ReplyDelete
  3. Cookie baking is one of my favorite activities, but I don't take the time and effort to bake that often, except at Christmastime. That's when it's nice to have a dishwasher.
    Your cookies looks delicious. I'll have to try the peanut butter ones.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Oh I'm so glad you made the cookies and liked them. Thank you for sharing with others. I am going to make your cookies the first of April for a bunch of card playing friends who really prefer talking and drinking coffee to the card game. Have a wonderful day.
    Happy Twirls,
    Libby

    ReplyDelete

I appreciate you taking the time and effort to leave a comment. I will try to answer any questions you have. Please note due to Blogger changing word verification so almost nobody can read it, I have had to change to no word verification and only allow registered users to comment.

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...