Survival Mode Put Us Back to Zero
A lot of you came here many moons ago when I left Sparkpeople. I loved the community of that place and the support I got there. It was at the height of us being on our game. That motivation you have in the beginning when you're consistently rewarded with weight loss, smaller clothes, compliments to keep your motivation high and you somehow begin to step out of being invisible to the public to people smiling at you, opening doors or striking up conversation. You start to feel human. You don't have to worry about going to restaurants or 'fitting' somewhere. You can go to a wedding and see those God awful thin folding chairs and while you still don't like them, you're not concerned. Many of your worries that fit people never had to think of, have faded away. We started for the long haul in our 30's and that's when we had the most success, losing 226 and 190 lbs respectively. When we went on vacation, as long as we came back and got rig...
Must haves for me are Chocolate chip/Chocolate chip M&M, Cut-Outs and Buckeyes. If I don't at least have some of those it just wouldn't be Christmas time for me. Add in gingerbread, snowballs and just about any other cookies and it's icing on the cake for me!
ReplyDeleteWould you please note which ones (above) freeze well as dough and freeze well as baked cookies ?
ReplyDeleteI would really appreciate it.
Vickie
I have frozen every single one on here except the ones under the homemade gifts at the end with complete success. The only cookie I've ever frozen that somewhat disappointed me was I did a brown butter chocolate chip cookie and when I baked it, you couldn't taste the brown buttery nuttiness anymore. (Still a good choc chip cookie though!) I pre-scoop most of mine now so I can just grab what I need. I definitely do that with ChocoRolo's and pre-stuff them with the rolos which is the most labor intensive part. Future me always thanks past me for that one! LOL
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DeleteAll my (adult) kids will be here (for months) over the holidays/winter. We do a Charcuterie board on Sunday nights for dinner (Covid life weekly meal schedule) which helps a lot. I am going to work my way thru your cookie list, one batch each Sunday. So I really appreciate the time/effort of putting this all together.
DeleteBy prescoop, do you mean you mix, scoop, put in freezer on cookie sheet, then put frozen scoops in bag until you are ready to bake?
DeleteYou're very welcome! That sounds like a wonderful way to spend Sunday nights!
Fixed! Thanks! (Also, I'd make that one fresh. I thought I froze that one before but the texture is delicate and it takes more time to measure the ingredients than do the dough.)
I scoop and roll them into balls. Then I'll put them in 2 passes of plastic wrap then Press and Seal if I'm keeping them more long term (over 3 weeks) and into a freezer bag. I always write the oven temp and bake time on the outside of the dough for ID and convenience when I pull them out to bake.
Sundays, I had not considered freezing. But when I read your notes, realized I can mix a batch, bake half, freeze half for another Sunday, everybody gets two.
DeleteCoconut oil question -
DeleteThe kind in a jar/tub?
Or bottle?
What does “refined” mean (that was the cheapest/smallest)?
Vickie
I use the jar from Trader Joe's usually because that's the smallest I can usually find. I have used this one before too when they were out (https://amzn.to/2VVpkdM) Refined means there is little to no coconut taste in the oil so it won't make it taste like Hawaiian Tropic.
DeleteIf you're asking because of the buckeye recipe, I actually do it old school and use a few shavings of paraffin wax like Grandma used to in the chocolate. :-O Hardens much better but everyone would be clutching their pearls if you suggested that these days so I went with the modern equivalent of coconut oil which does harden but not as well as old school alternatives so just have a napkin handy. ;-)
Yes, Buckeyes
DeleteOrdered the one you suggested from Amazon
Thank you
PS - you might want to add that link to buckeye recipe
I also ordered a second scooper, and the vanilla you suggested, from Amazon. I ordered clear vanilla and regular. And the same company had lemon extract too, which I ordered. Thanks!
Vickie
All the cookies you make are fantastic! Love 'em all! Gingerbread is probably my favorite from when I was young. I also like the ones with the dried fruit in the middle (kinda plain but something appealing to them). I have vague memories of really liking the sugar cookies where you put the colored red and green sugar on them.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to see this. I have some of the recipes printed from 12 days of Christmas a few years ago, but there are some new (to me) ones here that I'm going to have to try. The fluffer nutter and choco rolo are amazing and the eggnog are my favorite seasonal cookie now.
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