Citrus... Citrus... Citrus... Cookies

Sometimes it is hard to keep up with this blog. Not that I dislike it, more that I have so much going on, I don't remember it all by Sunday. I do recall a thing or two, I promise.

1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

1 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/su-s-famous-chewy-peanut-butter-cookies-393429#ixzz1FDrljPqr

1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

1 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/su-s-famous-chewy-peanut-butter-cookies-393429#ixzz1FDrljPqr

This week I focused on cookies, like I said I would.

I started on Sunday with a peanut butter cookie, not a bad cookie, not that chewy but nice flavor.

Peanut Butter Cookie

Adapted from Susann Simpson 

1/2 cup butter, room temp
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugars together, add egg and vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix remaining ingredients together and add to the wet ingredients. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and press cross marks into cookies with a fork. bake 8 to 10 minutes at 375 degrees.

Monday I made some lovely crispy-chewy chocolate chip oatmeal cookies

Chocolate Chip- Oatmeal Cookie

Adapted from Archie Gubbard

1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar 

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

1 Tbsp water

1 tsp vanilla

3/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cup rolled oats

1 cup chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugars, add egg and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients and add to wet ingredients. drop by teaspoon onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and bake 12 minutes at 375 degrees

Tuesday I baked some crispy Meyer lemon and pistachio cookies and they are quite nice.

Meyer Lemon and Pistachio cookie

All mine!  

1 cup butter

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

2 Tbsp lemon juice

2 tsp lemon zest

2 1/2 cup flour

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 salt

3/4 cup chopped pistachios

Cream butter and sugars, add egg, lemon juice, and zest. Mix dry ingredients and mix with wet ingredients. Shape into rolls and wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for 2 hours. slice an put on parchment covered cookie sheets and bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees.

Wednesday I baked Martha Stewart's Double Chocolate Coconut Cookies which were nice, but looked like cowpies.

I'll just post the link since I didn't adapt it much

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/double-chocolate-coconut-cookies?backto=true

Thursday I finished up with Chocolate Mint Cookies which were chunky and yummy and super chocolatey

Chocolate Mint Cookies

Adapted from Samanissa

• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 cup chopped Andes candies
• 1 stick melted (unsalted) butter
• 2 slightly beaten eggs
• 1 tsp peppermint extract

Combine in large bowl dry cocoa powder, flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, & salt. Combine and add melted butter, egg and peppermint extract. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop by rounded Tablespoon onto cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes

So as you can see, it was a definite cookie week. I also completed the work for the exchanges, I just breathed and simplified everything and I think they will still be appreciated. 

My cousin was given a ton of produce and passed the riches onto me:

Grapefruits! A whole bag of them!

Pecans!

 

 

Lovely Meyer Lemons!

So I have a busy week of trying to figure out what to do with them! I'm thinking candied lemon peel, lemon wedges in syrup, and grapefruit segments in syrup.

Next week I should be able to post the pictures of what I made for the exchanges and hopefully more puppet pictures and some products of all the citrus I received.

Ta for now!