...and then I went to a live nativity.
Well, I said that if the weather gods gave me a day off I would spend it making more acceptable cookies for the missus' cookie exchange, and that exactly what I did. A sloppy, slushy, nasty morning gave me the opportunity to make a whole bunch of litzer cookies to replace the Italian wedding cookies that just didn't look good. I needed to make six and a half dozen for the exchange, but I ended up with about twelve dozen, so these will also be the cookies I take to work for cookie day - and the cookies my family will be eating quite a bit of this holiday season.
I'm very very happy with how these cookies turned out, and I'm proud of the fact that I tweaked a recipe that didn't work out last year and ended up with a better cookie. When it comes to recipes I'm usually too much of a wimp to veer from the instructions, but this time I did and it worked out (I made the cookies smaller and thinner than the recipe called for, which meant a change in the cooking time and a larger yeild, which is why I ended up with so many extras).
Right now I am just so wiped out. I still have to make a batch of ricotta cookies this weekend (I promised the eight-year-old) and then THAT"S IT. No more baking! ...unless someone's got a really really good recipe for me to try.
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