My apologies to any of you who have been waiting on a new post from me. I truly appreciate each of you who read this! This time of year is my absolute favorite but I have a tenancy to bury myself in projects. From decorating to handmade gifts to entertaining to cookies, I love it all! But I am finding that all of that leaves very little time for blogging.
Honestly, it doesn't leave a lot of time for cooking either. I tend to do a lot of quick and easy things or pull things out of the freezer while I run around like a crazy elf. I did try to make braised baby back ribs this past weekend. It is a recipe that I have made before and the first time I did it, the ribs were fall-off-the-bone tender and the flavor was amazing! I have tried the same recipe probably six times since then and still have not achieved the same results. I keep trying to get the best cut ribs, cooking a little longer, different varieties of white wine... I can not figure out why I'm not getting the same results. The flavor is good, my ribs are just not getting even close to as tender!
One recipe that always turns out though is my sugar cookies! This is pretty much the only kind of cookies I make at Christmas time even though I have seen (or tasted) hundreds of other delicious Christmas cookie recipes. I stick to rolling out homemade sugar cookie dough and cutting out all of our favorite shapes. Then I whip up some of my mom's buttercream frosting in a bunch of colors for decorating. Sometimes I add candies on the Christmas trees and chocolate chips on the snowmen but, for the most part, I'm completely good with straight up frosting!
What is your favorite type of Christmas cookie to make? Or eat!
I just threw some together last night in a snowstorm. I didn't use any egg, baking soda, or shortening (because I didn't have any) but the usual... Sugar, flour, butter, salt, added some grapeseed oil, baking power, and ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Oh and molasses. Somehow, they turned out spectacularly!! They have almost a carmel taste.
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