Sugar Cookies

After a while away from the kitchen, I wanted to make something I had never before made from scratch. I found a recipe for sugar cookies. I made a few little modifications and the cookies turned out great! They remind me of the sugar cookies at Paradise Bakery.

Ingredients

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup of butter (needs to be softened to avoid hard cookies)

1 1/2 cups white sugar

1 egg

1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and baking soda) in a small bowl and set aside.

In a medium/large bowl, add the butter. As previously mentioned the butter must be softened. You can use the microwave to speed up the process.

Add the sugar and mix well.

Add the egg and stir.

Add the vanilla and stir.

Gradually blend the dry ingredients into the mixture. Once well mixed, place the dough on a cookie sheet in balls a little larger than teaspoonful sized.

Take a cup (I used a measuring cup but you can use anything with a level bottom) and pour water on the bottom before dipping it into sugar.

Use the sugared bottom to stamp down on the cookie about halfway. Bake in the oven at 375 degrees. We like our cookies very soft so I took them out after 7 minutes. However, you can bake them anywhere between 7 and 10 minutes depending on your preference.

After taking them out of the oven let them cool off of the baking sheet (either on foil or a baking rack) and enjoy!

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Rainbow Rice Krispies Treats

Ingredients

10 oz bag of marshmallows

3 Tablespoons butter

6 cups of Rice Krispies - we used Cocoa

M&M's (optional) - we used peanut butter

cooking spray

Melt the butter.

Add the marshmallows and stir until melted.

Take the saucepan off of the heat and add the rice krispies. Quickly stir until the krispies are well coated. Add a 1/2 cup of the M&M's.

Add to a previously sprayed 9x13 pan.

Use a buttered spatula (or waxpaper) to evenly press the mixture.

Sprinkle more M&M's over the top, pressing them in to make sure they stick to the mixture.

After letting the treats cool, cut into squares and enjoy!

**Thanks Aaron for help with the pictures :)

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Turkey Rollups

With Passover quickly approaching, I knew I needed to think of some good snack/meal ideas that excluded matzah. I had heard this idea before on a health food blog and thought I'd give them a try. They're pretty good for how easy they are to make. 

All you need is some sliced turkey, sliced cheese (I used American), a pickle, and mustard.

I decided to use honey mustard. If you like honey mustard I'd recommend using it!

Lay out a slice of turkey and a slice of cheese and pour or spread the mustard.

Next add the pickle. I used a half of a pickle, but next time will cut the pickle into quarters because the flavor pickle overpowered the rollup.

Roll it all up and enjoy!

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Belgian Waffles

I am very very excited to announce that I recently got a waffle maker as a gift from my parents. Seriously, this thing is amazing. If you like waffles (and who doesn't?) then this is a great appliance. We topped our waffles with speculoos, but of course any topping will do. 

This is speculoos (Biscoff brand). It has the consistency of peanut butter but is cinnamon-sugar-graham cracker flavored. I recently learned about this when I was in New York with some friends who took me to the Waffles and Dinges food cart. It is amazing and if you have never had it, it's time to start. Speculoos can be a little hard to find depending where you are, but its easy enough to order online.

We used 2 C Bisquick

1 large egg

1 C water

(In the future we plan on trying some homemade batters so look out for future waffle posts!)

Mix it all up and flatten out all the clumps. 

When you pour it in the press, it's important to spread it out with a spatula. Otherwise you might get some weird-shaped waffles which might not cook evenly. 

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