Happy Fall! It’s October 1st and we couldn’t be more excited about this month’s upcoming festivities; orchards, pumpkins, lattes, leaf piles, leaf peeping, camp fires, parties and trick-or-treat! Halloween is one of our favorite holidays to celebrate. As the kids get older, and our time to make meals becomes less and less due to their involvement at school + activities, my blog posts containing elaborate meals is diminishing by the day! I’m peeking back at prior posts thinking, “how the heck did I have TIME to make all that food?!” And the reality is, I didn’t. Opportunity Cost {A benefit, profit, or value of something that must be given up…
Sugar Cookies
Today was sugar cookie day. It’s the cookie I hate the most. Making the dough is easy, but rolling it out and using it quickly, before it gets too mushy, can be challenging. Especially when you have two littles eagerly trying to help. This morning we rolled out the dough and used our cookie cutters for various holiday cookie shapes. This afternoon, I made 3 types of frosting and gathered some toppings to decorate the cookies with the kids. Here’s the recipe – I’m a little under the weather, so tonight’s post is quick. Sugar Cookies Ingredients 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 2 egg yolks 1 tsp baking powder…
Chocolate Reindeer with Vermont Skippers
This herd of chocolate reindeer is perfect for your upcoming kid-friendly holiday parties and gatherings. This recipe is always my favorite to make because it creates the most laughs. The chocolate dough does need to refrigerate, so keep that in mind before making this recipe with littles. Perhaps you want to make the dough the night before, so when your helpers are ready you can get right to business, their attention span is short, maximize it! Also, you decorate these cute little fellas BEFORE you bake them. Opposite to our classic sugar cookie. This year, we did not factor in the time it took to chill the dough, so my…
Lemon-Poppy Seed Melt Cookies
If you’re looking for a bake-ahead + freeze cookie, this is it. These cookies can last up to 6 months in your freezer. However, they taste so good, I think you’ll have a hard time putting these away. The lemon zest is bright and gives you the illusion these are “healthy” cookies. Not so much. But the creamy lemon poppy seed is a comforting flavor that has me coming back for more every time. Enjoy! Lemon-Poppy Seed Melts Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 tbsp poppy seeds 1/8 tsp baking soda 1 egg yolk 1 tbsp milk 2 tsp grated / shredded lemon peel 1/2 tsp vanilla…
Dipped Creams with Artisan Kettle Chocolate
Dipped Creams are little delicious pillows that melt in your mouth. Literally, they just pooof before you have time to chew! They are very light and fluffy and highly addicting, especially with the melted chocolate on the top. Be sure to have your favorite holiday drink near by, these DO need some milk or egg nog to wash them down. Chocolate Dipped Creams Ingredients 1 cup of butter, room temperature 1/2 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1/8 tsp salt 1 cup cornstarch 1 cup sifted flour Extra powdered sugar for rolling 1 cup chocolate for melting; set up a double boiler so you don’t burn your Artisan Kettle Chocolate.…
Raspberry Meringue Cookies with Enjoy Life Chocolate
These are probably my favorite holiday cookies to make. They look complicated, but they are super easy and very unique. Chloe and I love them because they combine two of our favorite things: the color pink, and chocolate. Enjoy life brand makes a nut-free / allergy free mini chocolate chip that completes this recipe beautifully. The taste is perfection, and I can’t describe it, you just have to make these. Light, pink and fluffy. Pink is the perfect color to add to your holiday cookie baking, or ladies night Holiday get-together. Raspberry Meringue Kisses Cookie Ingredients 3 egg whites 1/8 tsp salt 3.5 tbsp raspberry gelatin 3/4 cup sugar 1…
Sunbutter Temptation Cookies
This weekend was our annual cookie bake weekend in preparation for the upcoming holidays. This tradition started 7 years ago when I was 9 months pregnant and craving cookies. It worked out well, my mom needed a personalized gift for 15 co-workers and Cookie Bake weekend was born. Craving satisfied and gifts delivered, we have continued this tradition through babies, toddlers and now little people who actually help! It’s been fun talking about our cookie bake memories; the recipe mix-ups, spills, breastfeeding while baking, kid naps on the kitchen floor, burnt spatulas, burnt cookies, unidentifiable cookies, the list goes on. Each day this week, I’ll share a recipe of the…
Two Nutty Moms
What do two nut-free Mom’s do on their night out together? We eat whatever the hell we want. Seriously. A good friend of mine shares the same food restrictions that I do when it comes to feeding kiddos. No nuts allowed! Her son has nut allergies too, so we lean on each other for support and ideas all things food and holiday related; and life in general, too. We have a lot in common, conversation and humor come easy. That being said, we had a ball last night on our “girls night out” together. We enjoyed pedicures, dumplings (not a “safe place to eat”), specialty chocolates (also, never safe), and…
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