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Baking crazy!

October 13, 2009

Fall brings out the baker in me.  Both my grandmothers were wonderful bakers and I was lucky enough to have spent time with them in the kitchen creating holiday delicacies that still bring back wonderful, cozy memories.  Coincidentally my mom has come to visit for a few days and one of the traditions she has with my boys is to bake cookies together.  They were over the moon when they discovered she was coming and checked the pantry five times to make sure we had all the right ingredients.  (Which by the way involves sugar, flour and chocolate chips only in their minds).  I also had a fortunate discovery at my monthly Kindergarten parent meeting last night when a fellow parent and friend named Jennifer brought in a heaping plate of the most delicious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies you can imagine.  I know it sounds like an odd combination but so many parents asked for the recipe she was generous enough to email it to the whole class today.  She makes these with her kiddos - I plan to give the recipe to grandma tomorrow - maybe you can enjoy them too! 
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
2 sticks margarine                                                                             4 tsp. baking powder   
3 cups sugar                                                                                        1 tsp. salt  
4 eggs                                                                                                   2 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. vanilla                                                                                        2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. lemon extract(or lemon juice works)                                1 large (29 oz.) can of pumpkin
6 cups flour                                                                                          2 cups chocolate chips
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
Mix ingredients as listed except alternate two cups flour with 1/3 of the pumpkin, etc., to avoid lumps.  Drop on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
Makes 6-8 dozen
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Gobble up and get ready for Black Friday!

by Kim Mordecai

November 28, 2008

The turkey's been carved, the pumpkin pies been devoured and tomorrow is black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. I am not planning on doing much shopping tomorrow. The one place I will hit is my nearest Longs Drugs store. I read through the piles of advertisements this afternoon and just one produce caught my eye. It's called the Pure Digital video recorder, and I received one  Read more...

Lions and Tigers and Grandmas - Oh My!

by Kim Mordecai

June 16, 2008

My kids love nothing more than a day out with grandma and grandpa. They are well aware that the day will involve ridiculous amounts of sugar, hundreds of dollars spent on toys their mother considers crappy and annoying, not to mention a good amount of time spent joggling their little brains via amusement ride, movies, television or some other form of hedonistic junk. Now don't get me wrong, as  Read more...

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