It's Joshua's week to take the snack for Nursery. I've hoped to pull off cut-out sugar cookies for the occasion. (You can picture them--shamrocks with darling sprinkles.) But, I just couldn't bring myself to do the whole messy process. The cookies I ended up making still have green bits in them...and I think we like the taste even better! They are made with Andes CREME DE MENTHE Chocolate Mint Baking Pieces Bits ...found in the baking aisle with the chocolate chips. The recipe I've used several times is just found on the back of the package. (I always use half the bag of Andes bits per recipe.)
Nathan loves leveling off the cups of flour and pouring all of the ingredients in. Joshua helps count the eggs...and when Nathan and I are both feeling brave...Nathan even cracks an egg!
One of my favorite things to do lately...when I do get in baking mode...is to make a large batch. I bake one or two cookie sheets worth (12-24 cookies) for us to eat right then. And then scoop with a "cookie scooper" the rest of the dough into balls and place them in a 9 x 13 pan. I freeze them just until they are slightly solid and can hold their shape. Then I freeze in 1 quart freezer bags the little balls. 12 in each bag. Then later when we want to "make cookies" again, we just pull out a bag from the freezer and bake ourselves one sheet. You can enjoy the "fruits of your labors" for longer and slows down the consumption for all of us!
These are some of my favorite cookies! I think I'll make them on St. Patty's Day! I even have the bag of mint pieces in my storage room! :)
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