Motivated by having a weekend off and having put up the tree and decorations yesterday, today was filled with cookie baking! I started early by making the dough for White Sour Cream Cookies and put it in the freezer to chill. This dough is very sticky but the generously floured table made it possible for Simeon to roll the dough, one quarter of the dough at a time. He cut out medium size circles and baked them as directed. These cookies are very fluffy and tender. They didn't turn out very uniform but they turn out delicious! Later I recruited Josiah to help me make these decadent Ginger Snaps from Chef John at Food Wishes. In our family most people like their ginger snaps chewy. In Chef John's opinion, these should then be called Ginger Bend Aparts. This is the first time we've used candied ginger, black pepper and cayenne pepper in ginger snaps and they turned out fantastic! Alayna made Mexican Baked Empanadas with ground beef and potato. She wasn't happy with the dough recipe but they are very tasty anyway! For supper I made Pork Aftritada by using the Chicken Afritada recipe from the Philipines. I substituted pork for chicken. Everyone raved about the full flavour in this "comfort-food" stew. Only remembered to take a photo after we nearly emptied the entire pot! Amber decided to make Jam Jams this afternoon! Simeon was enlisted after supper to help with spreading the jam onto a cookie, finding the cookie's twin and sticking them together. Jam Jams are yum yum, especially after they've been frozen and thawed! |
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