portland's downtown christmas tree(thank you FBI for saving us from terrorism)
happy holidays everyone! i hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving weekend, i'm still in rehab mode from all the food consumed on thanksgiving. you'd think a little christmas shopping would help me out with that, but with the holidays also comes wondrous amounts of FOOD! in light of the christmas to come i went on a little field trip with my parents to thornton's christmas tree farm to cut down our own tree^_^ one thing you will learn about me is I LOVE CHRISTMAS, like seriously LOVE christmas, i love the music(you know i have my n'sync cd already playing), the chill in the air(which makes for AMAZING sleeping weather^_~), and of course the food!
my dad and i with our PERFECT tree^_^
after arranging our tree in our living room i felt like doing a little light baking and my mom was feeling a little "spicy" so she suggested i make chewy molasses cookies; a perfect little treat to add to the holiday spirit. so i went online and looked up a cookie recipe. pioneer woman never lets me down! she had the perfect chewy cookie recipe and i couldn't wait to try it!
preheat oven to 350 degrees.
mix sugar, shortening, molasses, and egg together until well combined.
dump in dry ingredients, stirring dry ingredients together lightly. mix together until dough is combined.
in your hands roll dough into walnut-sized balls, then generously coat each ball with sugar. place balls on a baking sheet and bake for 9 to 11 minutes, allowing to bake for about a minute after cookies begin to crack.
after i let them cool i got a cup of cocoa with A LOT of marshmallows to go with it. it was the perfect little treat for our day of holiday fun!! i think the one thing i really enjoyed about this recipe is that it is so easy, it just takes a little mixing and rolling and there you go, yummy warm cookies! i have made ginger cookies before with icing and these didn't even need any icing at all, they were sweet, spicy, warm, and the added bonus of the sugary crunch on the outside just made it all the better! the pioneer woman even suggested dipping them in some white chocolate, i may have to try that next time!
Spicy Molasses Cookies
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Sugar
- ¾ cups Crisco (vegetable Shortening)
- ¼ cups Molasses
- 1 whole Egg
- 2 cups Flour
- 2-½ teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Ground Ginger
- ½ teaspoons Ground Cloves
- ¼ teaspoons Ground Cardamom
- ¼ teaspoons Salt
preheat oven to 350 degrees.
mix sugar, shortening, molasses, and egg together until well combined.
dump in dry ingredients, stirring dry ingredients together lightly. mix together until dough is combined.
in your hands roll dough into walnut-sized balls, then generously coat each ball with sugar. place balls on a baking sheet and bake for 9 to 11 minutes, allowing to bake for about a minute after cookies begin to crack.
after i let them cool i got a cup of cocoa with A LOT of marshmallows to go with it. it was the perfect little treat for our day of holiday fun!! i think the one thing i really enjoyed about this recipe is that it is so easy, it just takes a little mixing and rolling and there you go, yummy warm cookies! i have made ginger cookies before with icing and these didn't even need any icing at all, they were sweet, spicy, warm, and the added bonus of the sugary crunch on the outside just made it all the better! the pioneer woman even suggested dipping them in some white chocolate, i may have to try that next time!
2 comments:
that IS a perfect tree!
i'm still trying to recover from all the thanksgiving gluttony!
i will post a pic once it is completely decorated!! hope you had a great thanksgiving!!:)
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