Over the moon
By esther on Friday, February 23 2007, 18:15 - Cookies are cool - Permalink
Snowbound. What do you do when you are literally snowed in? Well, you really only have two choices. The first is to approach the wide white world with shovel in hand followed by hours of shoveling and snowblowing; the second is to snuggle down even further under wooly blankets and really enjoy the coziness of a good roaring fire. Luckily for me, I wasn't the one out there shoveling.
No, I was safe inside with my mom. Huddled around the kitchen window, we watched as the men battled the elements. And so, as a gesture of our solidarity, we decided to do the only thing we could do. We lit up the oven, turned on the KitchenAid and began to bake.
The beginnings of half moon cookies tumbled golden brown out of the oven faster than the snow fell and soon they were lined up in prim rows dressed in shiny frosting. Our task was done and it was time for the real challenge to begin: the Scrabble challenge. After snow and cookies, Scrabble is the third mandatory element to the perfect snow day.
After consecutive days of multiple games and increasingly impressive scores, I've still only managed to win one game. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to find a word to land the perfect triple word score.
Mother's Half Moons
1 cup sour cream
2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
4 cup flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
Add baking soda to sour cream and let set. Meanwhile, cream together eggs, butter and sugar. Add in vanilla.
Add in sour cream and then sift in dry ingredients. Mix together being sure not to over mix.
Drop batter onto greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 15 minutes at 375 F.
Once cookies have cooled, frost them with chocolate and vanilla icing. You can make half, full or waning moons and for the real chocolate lovers - the eclipse.
Makes about 3 dozen.
Comments
Esther did, indeed, win the final game of the scrabble marathon. The triple word score proved elusive to my tally and she annihilated me. But I take heart, all is not lost - good cookies, great games and memories of sweet love.
help! i'm in withdrawl...from scrabble but also from cookies and mom :) you can keep the snow though; i'll take 60° anyday. just look at how cold that little birdie is!