Cookies at School

Great Online Cookie Exchange Extravaganza 2018

Thanks to Jz for again organizing the Great Online Cookie Exchange!

Hot Fudge Pie

Ingredients

• 1 stick butter, softened
• 1 c sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 c all purpose flour

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream together butter and sugar with electric mixer until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
3. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
4. Sift together cocoa powder, salt and flour
5. Add dry ingredients to wet and stir until well combined.
6. Grease 8 inch pie pan with butter or cooking spray, pour mixture into pie pan.
7. Bake 30 to 35 minutes until center is set.

Notes

• Hand mix to make it gooey. If you use an electric mixer, it will have more of a brownie or cake texture, rather than “gooey”.
• To soften the butter:
• Shred cold stick with cheese shredder (my preferred method as I always forget to put my butter out to soften)
• Sit at room temperature for a few hours
• Place in microwave for 10 to 20 seconds (DO NOT MELT)

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to contact me and I would love any feedback you care to send.

Participating Blogs...be sure to go visit for some awesome recipes!

Baker

Bogey and Bacall

Cat (ME !)

DelFonte

Fondles

greengirl

Hermione

Jz

Katie

Kelly

Lindy

messymimi

Mrs. Fever

Olivia

ronnie

Ryan

Sassy

Just remember, the 5th of December lasts a whole 24 hours…and goes across international date lines!  So if there's nothing posted when you first visit, don't grumble...just try visiting later.

Thanksgiving 2018

Thank you to the military personnel, police officers, firefighters, EMTs, nurses, doctors, medical personnel, and anyone else who is working today to take care of others.

 
 I know I've been MIA for quite a long time. The last 18 months have been extremely difficult and at this point, I'm just trying to get through the upcoming holiday season.  Thank you to all who continue to visit...even though I haven't been able to answer your comments. And to those who have checked up on me...thank you so much for your caring. All y'all have no idea how much all your support has meant to me.

Tough Day

#518 Tough Day

Bubba was drunk, having a tough day he wrote on his Facebook page 

"My pizza is burnt, my beer is frozen and my girlfriend is pregnant."

He got an instant reply...

Damn buddy, seems you can’t take anything out on time. 🤣  

Great Online Cookie Exchange Extravaganza 2017

Thanks to Jz for organizing the Great Online Cookie Exchange!

 

Praline Cookies
Yield Makes about 2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°
2. In a large bowl, whip the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy
3. Blend in egg
4. Add the vanilla extract and beat well
5. Mix in flour
6. Drop by tablespoon onto parchment lined cookie sheet
7. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes
8. Cool on baking sheet for 1 minute; then remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely.

Notes

• To soften the butter:
• Sit at room temperature for a few hours
• Place in microwave for 10 to 20 seconds (DO NOT MELT)
• Shred cold stick with cheese shredder

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to contact me and I would love any feedback you care to send.

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Participating Blogs...be sure to go visit for some awesome recipes!

Baker

Bleue

blossom

Bogey and Bacall

Cat (ME!)

collaredmom

DelFonte

Ella

Greengirl

Jz

Katie

Kelly

Lindy

Mrs. Fever

Ms Dixie Wrecked

nilla

Olivia

ronnie

Ryan

Sassy

selkie (recipe here)

Just remember, the 7th of December lasts a whole 24 hours…and goes across international date lines!  So if there's nothing posted when you first visit, don't grumble., just try visiting later. 

Breakfast

I fixed bacon, eggs and biscuits for breakfast this morning and after filling my bar pan with bacon, there were 3 slices left in the package.

Well, that would just make me mad to open the pack of bacon and find 3 pieces.

So, I grabbed another small bar pan and cooked those 3 pieces, too.

Mac said, "I think that's too much bacon..."


It's like I don't even know who he is.....
 

Courtesy of "lipstick, margaritas and hairspray" on Facebook

Eating in the Fifties

• Pasta had not been invented. It was macaroni or spaghetti.
• Curry was a surname.
• A take-away was a mathematical problem.
• Pizza? Sounds like a leaning tower somewhere.
• Bananas and oranges only appeared at Christmas time.
• All chips were plain.
• Oil was for lubricating; fat was for cooking.
• Tea was made in a teapot using tea leaves and never green.
• Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
• Chickens didn't have fingers in those days.
• None of us had ever heard of yogurt.
• Healthy food consisted of anything edible.
• Cooking outside was called camping.
• Seaweed was not a recognized food.
• 'Kebab' was not even a word, never mind a food.
• Sugar enjoyed a good press in those days, and was regarded as being white gold.
• Prunes were medicinal.
• Surprisingly muesli was readily available. It was called cattle feed.
• Pineapples came in chunks in a tin; we had only ever seen a picture of a real one.
• Water came out of the tap. If someone had suggested bottling it and charging more than gasoline for it, they would have become a laughing stock.

The one thing that we never had on/at our table in the fifties was elbows, hats and cell phones.

Husband Criticizes Stay-At-Home Wife

It’s the age-old saying: The grass is always greener on the other side.

The share of stay-at-home mothers has risen since 2000 among married mothers with working husbands.  Since stay-at-home moms don’t earn an actual paycheck for the work they do, it’s not uncommon for resentments to arise between spouses who stay at home and those who go to work.

But is that really fair?  Is one “job” more important than the other?

The story below is an urban legend/long-form joke (often seen under the title, “Why A Man Should Never Complain”) that’s been circulating online for many years.  The story begins with a wife and mother who stays home and takes care of the kids and chores while her husband works a full-time job.

He goes to the office every day and works hard for his money, until one day he gets fed up with being the sole breadwinner.  He prays to God to let him switch places with his wife, so that she can know firsthand what it’s like to work so hard every day.

So, God grants him his ultimate wish — only this husband ends up getting way more than he bargained for, and learns a lesson he’ll never forget.


Wait until you see how this story ends. It’s nothing short of brilliant…

 
A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed.

“Dear Lord, I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home.
I want her to know what I go through, so please allow her body to switch with mine for a day.’”

 
God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man’s wish.  The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman.
 
He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning and stopped at the bank to make a deposit, went grocery shopping, then drove home to put away the groceries, paid the bills and balance the check book.

He cleaned the cat’s litter box and bathed the dogs.

Then it was already 1 P.M. and he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor; ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home.

Set out cookies and milk and got the kids organized to do their homework, then set up the ironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing.

At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables for salad, breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper.

After supper he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed.

At 9 P.M. he was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren’t finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love which he managed to get through without complaint.

 
The next morning he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said,

“Lord, I don’t know what I was thinking.
I was so wrong to envy my wife’s being able to stay home all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back.’”

 
The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied,

“My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were.
You’ll just have to wait nine months, though.
You got pregnant last night.’”

Now THAT’S a punchline. 

Courtesy of LittleThings

Divinity

I haven’t shared many recipes this year.  I remembered, as I was making it today, that I had mentioned to several people that I was going to try and make this for Christmas and they asked if I could share it. So here it is…

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups granulated sugar
• ½ cup light corn syrup
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup water
• 2 egg whites
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla

Instructions

1. Combine sugar, corn syrup, salt and water in heavy saucepan. Cook to hard ball stage (260 F / 127 C ) stirring only until sugar dissolves.
2. Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks.
3. While beating at high speed, gradually stream syrup over egg whites.
4. Add vanilla and beat until candy holds its shape (4-5 minutes).
5. Quickly drop from teaspoon onto waxed or parchment paper.

Notes

• Makes about 48 pieces – depending on size.
• When the syrup mixture gets to approximately 200 F, start beating the egg whites otherwise, they lose the best form
• Adding the syrup to the egg whites causes them the expand to about 5 times their bulk so make sure you are beating them in a large deep bowl (I use a 5 quart bowl)
• When I say quickly, I do mean quickly…these set up super fast
• Make sure all children and pets are away from the kitchen before starting as this syrup can cause severe burns.
• This is one of those recipes that you cannot interrupt…once you start, you must keep going.
• DO NOT try to make this on rainy, high humidity or overcast days…it will not set up properly. I thought this was an old wives tale…Hahaha…learned the hard way.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.  As always, if you try the recipe, I would love any feedback you would care to give.

Hope you enjoy!

Great Online Cookie Exchange 2016-Updated!

Thanks to Jz for organizing the Great Online Cookie Exchange!



If you’re like me, you love raw cookie dough. Now you can have that wonderful cookie dough with no guilt. LOL  This is also great for those who are concerned about eating raw eggs.
 
No Bake Cookie Dough Bars
Quick, easy to make and NO oven required!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 3/4 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup dark chocolate chips
• 1 cup mini dark chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped walnuts

Instructions

1. Line an 8x8-inch baking pan with parchment paper
2. Heat flour to 160 degrees
3. In a large bowl, whip the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy
4. Add the vanilla extract and beat again
5. Add half the flour and beat just until combined
6. Mix in sweetened condensed milk
7. Add remaining flour and mix until incorporated
8. Fold in mini dark chocolate chips and walnuts
9. Scrape dough into prepared pan and press mixture evenly into pan
10. Melt dark chocolate chips and drizzle over bars
11. Refrigerate overnight until firm
12. Cut into squares

Notes

• I heat the flour in the microwave but that could be done in the oven
• Especially since these are uncooked, I make sure I use butter and pure vanilla extract
• I use my stand mixer to whip the butter and brown sugar but have used a hand mixer.
• I lightly oil my hands to spread dough in the pan but you could use a spatula.
• Allow the parchment paper to hang over the edges of the pan so it’s easier to lift the dough out of the pan after it sets up.
• Store in refrigerator in airtight container.
• You can use whatever chips you like (semisweet, peanut butter, M&Ms, white chocolate) with or without nuts.
• This makes about 16 bars but can be cut smaller or larger.
• Easily doubled.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Raw flour can contain bacteria and there have been recent outbreaks of E Coli that were found to be in the flour of raw cookie dough.  By heating the flour to temps above 160 degrees Fahrenheit, most germs will be killed.

I microwave my flour on high for about 1 ½ minutes, stirring every 15 seconds to ensure it is heated evenly and all the germs are killed.  After 1 ½ minutes, I pile all the flour together in the middle of the bowl and check it with a candy thermometer. You probably don’t have to do this but if you are going to serve these to any children, pregnant women or people with a compromised immune system, it is probably a good idea.

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to contact me and I would love any feedback you care to send.

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Participating Blogs...be sure to go visit for some awesome recipes!
abby
Ashly
Bleue
collared mom
David
DelFonte
Ella
greengirl
His slut
Jz
Katie
Kelly
Lilli
Lindy
Mrs. Fever
Ms. Constance
nilla
olivia
ronnie
Ryan
Sassy

Just remember, the 7th of December lasts a whole 24 hours…and goes across international date lines!  So if there's nothing posted when you first visit, don't grumble., just try visiting later. 

Happy Thanksgiving 2016

 
 
 
 





 
 

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” –John F. Kennedy

I am very thankful for my family, friends, good health, job, warm roof over my head, food in my stomach, clothes on my back, and for all of you, my blogging family/friends.  I am truly blessed.



I wish all of you a loving, warm, and wonderful time with your family and friends during this Thanksgiving holiday.  If you are away from home, I pray you have safe travels.

Blessings to all!

Thank You so Very Much!!!

Thank you to all who came to visit my little corner and leave messages during our LOL Days celebration.  You are very much appreciated!

Thank you to all who made the time to publish a special LOL post.  Found some new blogs and found some I had lost!

Thanks to the lovely Bonnie over at A Spanko Garden who originated this wonderful event and to the very special Hermione of Hermione's Heart who organized and managed it again this year.
 
One thing I noticed was that many of the comments here had something to say about the recipes I’ve shared.  So I’m asking two things:

1. If you have tried any of the recipes I’ve shared, please leave a comment letting others know if you liked or disliked it and if you made any changes/substitutions.
2. Are there any recipes you would to have?

Speaking of recipes, the Great Annual Cookie Exchange is coming! If you want to participate, click the 'cookie exchange' picture on the top right to be taken to Jz’s blog for all the details

Of course, if you have participated before, you know that it doesn’t have to be a cookie recipe.

Skillet Cornbread

Received a Facebook IM from my oldest son requesting some recipes…his message in part reads “Stat Mom... Mother f*cking stat!!! It's an emergency... DIL hasn't been properly Southernized in the past decade and I take full responsibility... please help Mom?”

After I picked myself up off the floor and dried my eyes from laughing so hard, I started searching cookbooks.

Since I haven’t shared a recipe lately and had to write them up for son and DIL, thought I’d share one with all y’all.

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Ingredients

• 1 cup yellow corn meal
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ cup flour
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• ¼ cup melted butter
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup milk

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients to bowl and beat briskly until well blended
2. Pour half of mixture into greased 8 or 9 inch skillet
3. Brown over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes
4. Turn and brown the other side
5. Repeat with remaining mixture
6. Cut into wedges
7. Top with pats of butter while hot

Notes

• A lot of times, I used evaporated milk instead of regular milk
• The recipe claims it serves 4 – Ha! That’s only 2 wedges per person and with my guys…not nearly enough! I always had to make a double sometimes triple batch.
• Best served hot
• Usually placed the finished wedges in a warm oven while making the others

31 Hilarious Things Only Husbands Would Say

One of the most important things about marriage is to have a sense of humor through better or worse, in sickness and in health, as long as you both shall tweet.
 
And for these hilarious husbands, they seem to have gotten the memo.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Courtesy of 22 words