Time to play catch up (which is proving very hard since I'm finally digging into Season 9 of Supernatural and it's extremely difficult to turn away). So, on Monday, we watched a Christmas movie that we've never watched before and the winner was The Polar Express. I have to say, I'm not sure of our verdict on it...it' had its moments, but wow, it was weird!
On Wednesday, we baked 7 dozen cookies for our Cookie Exchange on Friday. We baked White Chocolate and Creme de Menthe Shortbread
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, cut up
2 tbsp green Creme de Menthe
6 oz white chocolate
1/4 tsp mint extract
In a large bowl, stir together flour and sugar. Using a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs and starts to cling. Using a fork, stir in creme de menthe. With clean hands, knead until dough forms a ball. Divide dough in half. Shape each half into a log and wrap and freeze for one hour. If dough gets too hard, let stand at room temperature for ten minutes. Preheat oven to 325 F. Cut logs into scant 1/4 inch slices and place two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Transfer to wire racks to cool. In a small saucepan, heat white chocolate until smooth. Remove from heat and stir in peppermint. Drizzle over cookies.
Today was a real treat because our Christmas activity was to watch Landon's first Christmas concert! It was awesome and adorable and he's the one in the Santa hat! They performed S-A-N-T-A and What I Want For Christmas and of course, Santa came!
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