This humor piece is from guest writer Anne Bardsley who answered our invitation for holiday-themed posts! Thirty-two years ago, I developed a serious Cookie Baking Disorder. It has plagued me every holiday season. The CBD…
American Dessert HERMIT COOKIES INGREDIENTS ¾ cup butter (1 more tablespoon later) 1¼ cups sugar 2 eggs 2 tablespoons milk 3 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon cinnamon ½ teaspoon clove ¼ teaspoon…
Swedish Dessert GRANDMA ANNA’S SPRITZ COOKIES INGREDIENTS 1 cup (2 sticks) butter* ⅔ cup sugar 3 egg yolks 2½ cups flour 1 tsp almond extract (optional) SPECIAL UTENSILS electric beater** cookie gun, aka cookie press…
There’s a post going around Facebook that basically says when my grown kids ask me what I want for Christmas, let them know I just want TIME with them. This is the mantra of all…
As an existentialist, I ponder, if a certain-candidate-who-shall-remain-nameless wins the election, is the election still rigged? And do we contest it because it’s rigged? And, does this mean the other candidate’s classified emails were just…
You read that right. I want a cookie, and not just any old packaged store cookie. I want a homemade one: sweet, chewy, lightly burned on one side. You know, the kind that makes the…
American Dessert PEANUT BUTTER CHIP COOKIES INGREDIENTS 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar ½ cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 10…
Now that the holiday season is here, it is a good time to think about food, especially the sizes it comes in. Some advertising person somewhere thought up the term “fun size” for those little…
Me: *hugs 4-year-old* I wouldn’t trade you for anything in the world. 4-year-old: I’d trade you for pizza. — Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) November 19, 2014 Me: What’s wrong? 4-year-old: I wish everything was made out…
Me: *unloads the groceries* 4-year-old: You forgot to buy cookies. Me: I didn’t want to buy cookies. 4: Now she knows monsters are real. — Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) October 14, 2014 Me: Every single one…
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