Our never-ending weekend continued on into Sunday. I was surprised it felt so long because when we’re busy, the weekend usually flies by and I need a weekend to recover from my weekend by Monday. Anyway, after church our Sunday School class gathered at our teachers’ house for a Christmas cookie bake. You may remember this very large, very beautiful home from a previous summer post. Well they sure didn’t hold anything back when designing this kitchen. It had two convection ovens, an island with a sink in it and plugs all around it making it easy to plug in all of our electrical devices, and many other luxuries that made cookie baking very easy and very efficient.
I was so into taste-testing all of the different varieties of cookies that were made that I completely forgot to take a picture of our massive cookie display. We went home with more cookies than any ten people can eat, but I can’t help but notice that we’re doing a pretty good job of making them disappear. It’s a shame that Christmas is too far off to bring any home because no one would have had to make dessert!
Everyone, fortunately, chose a different recipe so we had a good assortment: Christmas Candy Cookies (made with Christmas-colored M & Ms), Mexican wedding cookies (with pecans!), Mint Brownie Wedges, Buckeyes (peanut butter dough rolled in chocolate), colorfully-decorated sugar cookies cutouts, macaroons, white chocolate-covered thin mint cookies with crushed peppermint on top, and these white cookies with mint flavored green and red chocolate chips in them (obviously, I'm not sure what they're called!).
While we were working away in the kitchen, all the menfolk were downstairs watching football and chatting about nerdy things. I'm not exactly sure how the two go together, but when a PhD, a lawyer, and a med student get together with some sports fans, somehow they managed. We all had dinner together, which was quite entertaining because a few of our friends have small children, and then we all tasted the cookies that were made. We, meaning the girls, then compiled our cookie choices...each on a festive-type plate that Dana had for us and in bags when the plates overflowed. We each got a different plate and I am thinking about bringing mine to CT, as long as Mom promises not to "adopt it as her own."
I was so into taste-testing all of the different varieties of cookies that were made that I completely forgot to take a picture of our massive cookie display. We went home with more cookies than any ten people can eat, but I can’t help but notice that we’re doing a pretty good job of making them disappear. It’s a shame that Christmas is too far off to bring any home because no one would have had to make dessert!
Everyone, fortunately, chose a different recipe so we had a good assortment: Christmas Candy Cookies (made with Christmas-colored M & Ms), Mexican wedding cookies (with pecans!), Mint Brownie Wedges, Buckeyes (peanut butter dough rolled in chocolate), colorfully-decorated sugar cookies cutouts, macaroons, white chocolate-covered thin mint cookies with crushed peppermint on top, and these white cookies with mint flavored green and red chocolate chips in them (obviously, I'm not sure what they're called!).
While we were working away in the kitchen, all the menfolk were downstairs watching football and chatting about nerdy things. I'm not exactly sure how the two go together, but when a PhD, a lawyer, and a med student get together with some sports fans, somehow they managed. We all had dinner together, which was quite entertaining because a few of our friends have small children, and then we all tasted the cookies that were made. We, meaning the girls, then compiled our cookie choices...each on a festive-type plate that Dana had for us and in bags when the plates overflowed. We each got a different plate and I am thinking about bringing mine to CT, as long as Mom promises not to "adopt it as her own."
by Eden , on December 12, 2006 10:10 PM
Sounds like a lot of fun! All those cookies sound yummy.
Too bad they won't last till Christmas.
by Sara , on December 12, 2006 10:14 PM
I was wondering how a group cookie bake was going to work, but I guess with a kitchen like that, it was a piece of cake (ha, no pun intended!). All those cookies sound yummy... hmm, maybe Tony and Ari and I will have to drop down for a quick visit. You know, to see you guys, totally. No other reason...
by Anonymous , on December 12, 2006 10:32 PM
I used to go to cookie swaps in years gone by but never a cookie bake! Sounds like alot of fun! You sure packed ALOT of activity into 1 weekend! See you very soon!
by Anonymous , on December 13, 2006 11:01 AM
Eden and I baked cookies last year with Mrs. Carter and the girls, but we didn't find time for it this year. Buckeyes are so good! They got their name because they look like the Buckeye nut of Ohio :)
by Anonymous , on December 13, 2006 12:02 PM
That sounds like fun and I think I will do the same, though we will have to cook in waves as I don't have such a user friendly kitchen! I don't "adopt things for my own" I hold them for you until such a time that you can reclaim them! Love Mom F
by Sara , on December 13, 2006 8:56 PM
Forgot to say... I love your clever title. ;)