So
this whole stay-at-home-mom-of-two-little-boys is kind of kicking my
you-know-what. I honestly was delusional to think that it wouldn't be too
hard. Um, wrong. This is the HARDEST thing I've EVER done. To
include three years of law school, studying for, and taking the California
Bar. I am NOT KIDDING. However, I love my life. Every minute
of it - I have a hubs who loves me, a two year old who has declared me his
"bestie," and a four month old who lights up the room with his little
smiles when he sees me. My heart is full.
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| Owen is holding a fueling tank and is giving Elliott some "gas." |
I
have been cooking despite my lack of posting - something had to give! I
have a couple backed up blog posts that hopefully I will get to in short
order! We've had an awesome December - mostly because Jeremy finished up
school and is officially halfway done - yay daddy!
And this guy is so smiley - I love it! He has started rolling over unintentionally. I am crossing my fingers he isn't an early crawler like his big brother!
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| Please note Elliott spit up all down the front of the Moby right before we took the picture... |
This is the only picture we have thus far this Christmas season...and apparently Owen has started sucking his thumb?? Actually, he is getting his 2 year molars and has his hands in his mouth all the time. I don't even want to think about the germs he is inviting into his system. Big surprise he had a touch of the flu a few weeks ago!
So I'm not much of a baker, but my sister swore by these little homemade peppermint oreos so I tried my hand at them for a cookie exchange. Holy moly, they were out of this world!!! And I know what you are thinking; they may look like whoopie pies but they do not taste like them - I'm not a fan of whoopie pies. I don't know what it is about them, maybe they are too cakey? Anyhow, these cookies look like them, but are SO MUCH BETTER. Save this recipe for your holiday baking!
Homemade Peppermint Oreos
~ From www.iheartnaptime.net ~
Ingredients:
{batter}
1 box devils food cake (I used Betty Crocker)
1 egg
1 stick of butter softened
{frosting}
1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
1 TB milk, or heavy whipping cream
1/4 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon Peppermint extract
Andi’s crushed peppermints (I used crushed up candy canes)
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| Owen has a sixth sense for when I am cooking. His little cooking homing beacon zeros in on my location and he comes racing in the kitchen pushing a stool over so he can help me :) Tonight he called himself a "chef" :) |
Instructions
For Cookie: Combine egg and butter in a large bowl. Mix until combined. (I had to resort to my mixer, I couldn't quite get it to come together.) Pour in devil’s food cake and mix until the batter is smooth (about 2 min). Roll dough into a ball and push flat onto a lined cookie sheet. (I used my small cookie scoop - my cookies were a little larger than an actual Oreo.) Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes. Remove to cooling rack and allow cookies to completely cool.
For frosting: Mix together butter. Next add milk, vanilla and peppermint extract. Then slowly add powdered sugar and beat until fluffy.
Assembly: Frost one cookie on the BOTTOM and then sandwich another cookie on top. Use enough frosting so it is oozing out the sides. Then dip the sides of the cookie into crushed peppermint andis (or candy canes).
How could you not love this little face! He is such a joyful little dude!! So excited to see what the new year brings!
