We are I think into Indian Summer. Warm temperatures above 70 just for a few days, it just magnifies all the beautiful colors in the changing leaves. I will get out today and enjoy, I need to pick up some wild bird seed. So I can make my little feathered
friends happy.
Tomorrow is punkin carving day. A tradition since my boys were little. I usually make cookies (sugar), and we have cider and make punkin seeds. The sugar cookies I make are drop cookies, ( no rolling).
Here is the Recipe!
Sugar Cookies
Bake @ 350 10 min
Yield 36-48 (depending on size you drop)
Ingredients
½ cup sugar
½ cup powdered sugar
½ cup softened butter
1 egg
½ tsp vanilla
2 ¼ cup flour
½ tsp cream of tartar
½ tsp baking soda
½ cup oil
Sugar for dipping glass
Cream: Butter, sugars until creamy, add egg & vanilla, mix well.
Sift Flour,salt, cream of tartar and baking soda. (salt optional if using salted butter)
Alternating flour mix, & oil into the creamed mixture, stirring until smooth.
Drop by spoonful onto parchment covered cookie sheet.
Flatten each cookie with a decorative glass if you have one, so the design is etched into the cookie.
But first- dip the moistened glass in some sugar and press the cookie down.
Enjoy! It will be to warm to bake these today, tomorrow will be a better baking day.
And.........
We are working the vintage swag lamp. I hoping to have them re wired over the weekend. If you missed that post.Follow the link below. I'm not sure yet if we are going to hang both of the cut glass bulbs or just one, we'll see how that goes. I may try my hand at wiring the new sockets and cord. My husband will make sure it's ok. He's got to find the stud in the ceiling to hang it from, I'm trying to move this along....know what I mean?
Let's see what else? I have not worked any further on the Dresden other than to cut a background. This I believe will just be one dresden, it's not going into a quilt, but rather will be a mini quilt or square.
Thank you to those who visit & to those who also comment. I see I have a few new neighbors who have joined along. Thank you. I'd love to see what you are doing at your blog too.
It's homemade beeswax candle time. And of course it looks simply charming in Vintage Cut glass candle holder. Simple Joy. Now more then ever before, these type of beauties are special and we need to find these things and add them to our lives, to keep the chaos at bay .
Peace!
The cookie recipe sure sounds good. I've never much of a cookie maker but would like to try this on. Bet it's fun to have a pumpkin carving with family.
ReplyDeleteGood morninng! Thanks for the sugar cookie recipe I think I will made some for my grandkids. We are doing a safe trunk or treat this year. Masks are mandatory LOL..
ReplyDeleteI hope all is well in your neck of the woods and yes we are in Indian summer so beautiful. One of my favorite seasons. Keep safe and God bless.
44 degrees here this morning, baking today it will take the chill off the house.
DeleteI just copied out the cookie recipe and will make it this afternoon. I like sugar cookies but I'm not a big fan of fussing with rolling out the dough and using cookie cutters. I did that for years but now I guess I'm getting lazy. ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteI've never liked cookies you had to roll. I've made them but not my favorite, and as I get older simple ways of doing things work out fine with same result.
DeleteThe cookie recipe looks interesting. No Indian summer here, rather we went from fall right to winter.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
we went from 77 to 40 degrees. I think that was the last hurah for this year. We had a good run and fall season was long and beautiful.
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