I found a delicious sounding recipe in my Sunset magazine for Chocolate Peppermint Patty Cookies. Around the same time, two holiday potlucks got scheduled at work, one for my whole office, and one just for my department.
First, the ingredients. I don't have a well stocked pantry when it comes to baking so I had to get A LOT...$45 worth of A LOT. Do you have any idea how much 24 oz. of chocolate costs!? And that doesn't include the new hand-held mixer I had to get (luckily I had a gift card from my birthday, thanks Kelly!).
The recipe looked pretty intense so I decided to divide it up into phases. The first night I made the dough. Bridget helped, and we wore our new aprons from Maimeo and Grandpa.
The second night I baked both batches of cookies. The recipe said they would keep for two days, which was perfect because I had one party the following day and one the day after that. I also crushed all the candy canes, made the first batch of icing, and assembled the first batch of cookies (for my department party).
The third night I made the second batch of icing and assembled the second set of cookies (for my office party).
All in all I'd say they were a hit. I ended up photocopying the recipe for four of my coworkers.
2 comments:
Bridget & Kara,
I don't know when I have seen anything so cute as the two of you in your matching aprons--good choice, Dee and Mark! The cookies look delicious.
Love,
Grandma
Kara & Bridget,
You both look darling in your aprons. Glad your cookies were a hit. Home baking is a lot of work, but the payoff is worth it. It always tastes better!
Love, Mom (Maimeo)
and ...
Carol,
Thanks for your comment :-) Have a wonderful Christmas with the kids.
Love,
Dee
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