A Very Smoky Kitchen

It's been kind of a terrible week, since I've been sick with a really bad cough. For some reason this season it's hit me a lot harder than it has in the past. Greg pointed out yesterday that I'd spent three of the last seven days in my pajamas, mostly on the couch, so that tells you something about how gross I've been feeling.

Luckily, last night I finally started to come out of it. To celebrate, I decided to make use of the Star Wars cookie cutters we got for Christmas. I made the Classic Sugar Cookies from Great Cookies, including all three of the variations.

The storm trooper is the classic recipe, Yoda is the pecan version (with obligatory green sprinkles), Darth Vader is chocolate flecked, and Boba Fett is cinnamon swirl. I actually think they came out much too dry and not very flavorful. They may have been rolled out too thin, especially the plain batch. And honestly, I just don't much like sugar cookies.

Today, still feeling much better than I had been, I tried the Chocolate Coconut Devils for tomorrow's book club.



They are just as chocolatey and delicious as they look. And I love the fact that they have a little bit of almond extract for an unexpected flavor. The only problem was that I didn't have any baking parchment, so I just went with wax paper, not realizing it would fill my apartment with smoke. Oh well. In my defense, the picture on the wax paper box is over a baking sheet covered with wax paper and chocolate chip cookies. But now I know for future baking projects. Wax paper ≠ Baking parchment.

An update on the cookie project:

Cookies made - 13

Recipes to go - 141

Yikes, I might be in trouble. New rule: Make cookies every weekend, and volunteer for every church bake sale I can find!