Today was a yummy day!
Mexican Chocolate Cookies
I made Mexican Chocolate Cookies from this month’s Cooking Light. They reminded me of snickerdoodles but chocolaty.
And it reminded me of this:
Mexican hot chocolate. It’s the cinnamon kick in the cookies. Abuelita looks like she has some good gossip to share.
Dinner was Kyle’s kick ass risotto. Which we are now dubbing as our “How I Caught Your Mommy and made her gain 20 pounds” meal. Okay maybe without the 20 pounds bit. This is Kyle’s dish because he takes such loving care with the whole process and it is delicious.
Eli and Noah both loved the risotto. I took this shot to show off Eli’s new love of eating with utensils (and then throwing them on the floor, tonight 3 forks and one spoon ended up on the ground). In contrast, Noah was eating with his hands. These kids are such opposites.
Utensil lover
I have 20 dinner and 4 desert recipes planned out for January. I am getting on board with this planning business. Maybe I can plan 10 blog posts for January. Start with some reachable goals.
Mexican Chocolate Cookies
5 oz bittersweet chocolate (60% cacao)
3/4 c. flour
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
Dash of black pepper
Dash of ground red pepper (I left it out b/c of kids)
1 1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. butter
1 large egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1. Preheat the oven to 350.
2. Place the chocolate in a small bowl; microwave at HIGH 1 minute or until almost melted, stirring until smooth. Cool to room temperature.
3. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with knife. Combine the flour and next 5 ingredients (through ground red pepper); stir well with a whisk.
4. Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Drop dough by level tablespoons 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes or until set. Cool on pans 2 minutes or until set. Remove from pans; cool completely on a wire rack. Yield: 32 cookies.
Cooking Light – Dec. 2009
"Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it." - Danny Kaye
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You had me at ‘tastes like chocolate snickerdoodles’. Thank you so much for the recipe! They look delish…and so does that risotto!
Ooooh! Those cookies sound so good. I love risotto, too. It’s something that I have never tried to make.
Planning my posts out ahead of time was one of my goals for Christmas break. Didn’t happen. I yi yi.
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