Happy New Year!!!

A New Year ... I wish everyone a year filled with love and bountiful blessings. I am so glad for a chance to try and do all the the things my heart aspires to. I am grateful for the blessing of family and friends that make life worthwhile. There is a wonderful giveaway at sweet-as-a-candy.blogspot.com ,the most lovely feminine sweaters. Check out her blog and enter for a chance to win. The other day I made some snickerdoodles just the thing to turn a grumpy mood into a happy one. The girls helped me and everyone was happy. Here is the recipe it makes a lot of cookies ,I usually share them with our friends and neighbors. We are so lucky to live in a neighborhood where we know and are friends with our neighbors.

SNICKERDOODLES

1 cup butter (cold cut into small chunks)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 large eggs
2 3/4 cup flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Cream together butter and sugar until well blended add eggs and blend well.
Add flour cream of tartar,baking soda,and salt to butter mixture blend well.Wrap and
chill mixture for 20 minutes in the freezer. Roll mixture into small balls and then into a mixture of 1/2 cup of sugar and 3 teaspoons of cinnamon.
Bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.

Hope that enjoy them as much as we do.

I have been having problems with my computer and am not able to upload any pictures. I hope that you are able to stop for a moment and enjoy the true spirit of Christmas. The blessings of friends and family to share in the joy of the season. I have always loved to watch the joy of others opening their gifts it gives me more pleasure than opening my own gifts. My father always said that,"The beauty of Christmas is in the joy of the children". His greatest pleasure was having all of his family together for the holidays. My father would always thank us for sharing that time together. I find Christmas to be bittersweet now, this is the third one without him. We place flowers at his spot at the the table to honour him. Family is one of the greatest blessings a pure treasure. Merry Christmas to everyone.

I have a great recipe for thimble cookies you can very them wth different coatings chopped pecans, walnuts ,coconut etc,and fillings jams ,caramel etc.

THIMBLE COOKIES

1/2 CUP BUTTER

1/4 CUP BROWN SUGAR

1 EGG YOLK

1 CUP FLOUR

1 EGG WHITE

3/4 CUP NUTS(pecans,walnuts,or coconut)

1/2 CUP JAM( caramel)

1 TEASPOON VANILLA

Preheat oven to 350

Cream butter add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add egg yolk and beat well,add vanilla and beat in.addflour and stir until combined.

Roll mixture into balls ,dip in egg white then roll in nuts.

Place on a greased cookie sheet. Make a dint in the center of each cookie

(I use the end of a wooden spoon.) Bake for 5 minutes remove and redint cookies bake for 5-10 minutes fill with jam or caramel. whil still warm.

I hope that you enjoy these cookies.

My first post!

My daughter has been asking me to start a blog for several months. She is eleven years old and quite persistent ,she set it all up for me pictures and all. I have been busy getting ready for Christmas . I find alot of inspiration on the different blogs Aiken House and Gardens,A Gathering of Thoughts, My Romantic Home and Sugar Pie Farmhouse to name a few. I want to thank Carolyn for being my first follower it was so sweet of her. Today I would like to share a recipe from my late mother-in-law . These are the first cookies I make each Christmas, they are my husbands favourite.


Chocolate Coconut Drops

6 heaping tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup of milk
1/2 cup of butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups of sugar
Bring the above ingredients to a rolling boil for 2 minutes.
Add 3 cups of old-fashioned oats and 1 cup of coconut.
Working quickly drop by heaping teaspoons onto waxed paper, let set.

I hope you enjoy these cookies as much as my family does.