COOKIE DAYYYY

(sorry about the lack of blogging. there has been far too much living going on.)

THURSDAY WAS COOKIE DAYYY! and what a glorious day it was. we went to cousins ghetto grocery store and stocked up on all the cookie baking necessities including four packs of butter and three cartons of eggs. i made chocolate crinkles (recipe below) and the sugar cookies before i went into a cookie-dough-induced coma and plopped on the couch. spent the rest of cookie day knitting and watching christmas movies. i went to see an education with brad later in the night. while the movie itself was alright, the costumes completely made it. they were incredible. absolutely beautiful. this one is my favorite. i might try to make it over winter break though i've had less than positive experiences with chiffon in the past. . .

in case you're in a baking mood, here's the recipe for my favorite christmas cookies (or anytime cookies i suppose):

Chocolate Crinkles
(aka Choco Macaroons)
(my family calls them macaroons despite the fact that they really aren't macaroons at all.)

1/2 cup shortening

4 1oz squares unsweetened chocolate

2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

Melt shortening and choc together in saucepan over medium low heat. Add sugar to choc stirring until sugar is no longer grainy. Remove from heat and add eggs one at a time. Blending well after each egg. Stir in vanilla. Blend all dry ingredients together and add to choc mixture. Blend thoroughly. Chill dough 2-3 hours. Form rounded teaspoon of dough into ball and roll in powdered sugar. Bake at 375 for 10 minutes. (cookies should be soft from the oven)

enjoy! substitue cookies for your normal diet like i've been doing! it puts you in a wonderful christmasy mood! and gives you a slight stomach ache and the feeling of regret. but it's still worth doing.