yesturday 2/24/2012

excuses, excuses, unfortunately I have a few up my sleeve.
Yesturday I came home from so darn tired I hit the sack as soon I got to my room.
I was really looking forward to watching Nikita and baking Apricot cookies, but
I fell asleep :[
NOT to mention I didn't have anything for these cookies, butter, sugar, or GASP
dried Apricots, btw (by the way) Roth's has a bulk section for those of you who didn't know that!
I just found out today, very important thing to know when your lost and looking for dried apricots.

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photos....

Oh and soon I will actually start adding pictures! :]

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Peanut butter cookies, the tried and true kind.

Ok so today was my very first day of fully working one whole day.  I got to babysit the cutest little four month old baby ever, I am now totally exhausted and have decided that I need food! To be exact I need comfort food and since I haven't made anything in a bit I went straight for what my tast of home baking book :] and am now baking the only thing I can and have all the ingrediants for which is peanutbutter cookies!!!!! :] oh  yay! :]
Totally tired and ready for sleep but eating YUMMY cookies instead! :]

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Rhubarb cookies...

So we totally ran out of eggs and butter and stuff, and today dad went out and got some! so now I have those, but unfortunately my local store doesn't have any rhubarb. Las time I checked the crop died or something like that, so I am going to come back to that one. 
And I have news! I am going to start putting in pictures! :]

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Coconut Cookies... day: 4/821

Mom was making fun of me today :] in one of those goofy mom ways.  I was mixing my coconut cookie dough, I am a little OCD about mixing the stuff I make by hand, and she was teasing me because I am mostly right handed, I stir with my right hand and she said what is like when you do something that will make one of your arms larger than your right, I teased her back and made her stir a little too.
In a family that doesn't really like coconut, they are great!  I don't even really like coconut, personally the dough is better than actual cookie, but hey :] they're still good cookies :]
I learned something new today!  1 cup of Crisco plus 6 tablespoons of water is equal to 1 cup of butter. :]

I am dreading the icebox cookies, last time I tried making them I forgot them in the fridge, and they got ruined, I also left out the nuts that needed to go in, it just wasn't right from the beginning so... anyways I have more cookies coming out of the oven! :]

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Coconut Cookies

ok... so, like I said last night, I think I said it last nigt anyways, I LOOOVVVEEEE those meringue cookies and well I was popping them in my mouth almost as fast as they were coming out of the oven, my favorite one was the lemon, but I ate them too fast and too many. I ate myself sick, so coconut cookies are for tomorrow.

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day 2 out of 821

    So last night I couldn't sleep very well, I kept thinking of these merangue cookies.  My friend's mom makes them and my friend showed me how to make it.  It is basically seriously whipped egg whites with lots of sugar... but I added a little twist. I added about 1/4 of a teaspoon of extract to it I did vanilla extract, almond extract, cocnut extract, banana extract, and lemon extract.  So far my favorite is the lemon!  They taste like little balls of cotton candy! So they are great for kids and anyone who has an insane sweet tooth :] I have them in the oven at 200oF untill they are crunchy.
    One thing that I really don't like about these cookies is that if you do it by hand, it takes forever, but you get a great work out!!! :] LoL, but while I bake one thing that I love to do is watch tv shows on Netflix, right now I am watching season one of Nikita with my mom.

Tomorrow it is coconut cookies :] me and my family loved the lemon cookies, they are still very soft and moist! :] So we are all looking forward to tomorrow :] I'll let you know how they go ;]

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Lemon Drop Cookies

Ok, so since none of these recipes are mine, they're copy righted, so I will not be putting them on this blog.
So tonight is friday which in this house means..... MOVIE NIGHT!!!
We go to Northern Lights Theater and Pub, an amazing little theater that shows movies for only $3.00 : ) War Horse is an amazing movie...

So I had dinner of Chicken and Bacon Grinder basically good stuff on a toasted hogie roll lol LOTS of cheese.  Then I made Blue Mac-N-Cheese, best recipe ever! : )

But onto the reason for this Blog : ) The Lemon drop cookies : ) since I couldn't find
any lemon drops I used Lemon Heads... still delicouse I love baking, it makes me calm and since I am starting a new job I need that : )  it feels so good to be baking.  They just got out of the oven and they are simply lemony and great. "Oh my gosh! They are like lemon head heaven" my mom said as soon as she swallowed and my dad was totally and completely speechless, said I should give some to the parents I am going to nanny for.

Keep in mind this is the first time I have blogged.  And since 2.5 years is 912.5 days, and there are only 780 recipes it will be 2.25 years really so it is 821 days baically for sick days and days I am just too exhausted to move... so wish me luck!!!

If you want the recipes I use on this blog go to tasteofhome.com or a store neer you that sells books/cookbooks.

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Before Day One

So, I start tomorrow, I will go shopping and then start my baking adventure.  I am baking through the "TasteodHome Baking" Timeless Recipes From Trusted Home Cooks.  I am going to bake 780 recipes in 2.5 years. I am starting with Lemon Drop Cookies.  Well talk to you then!
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