Alissa's #52weeksofcookies is starting off beautifully! I am loving baking and sharing my love with people I care about.
I am currently on week 7 (oops) but wanted to update on recipes and experiences for 5 weeks at a time through this 52 week adventure.
A reminder that all my recipes are on my pinterest board as well:
https://www.pinterest.com/alissam5/cookie-monster/
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Week 1:Cookies - Cream Cheese Brownie Cookies
Event - Virginia's 29th Birthday
Recipe - http://cookiesandcups.com/cream-cheese-brownie-cookies/
Review - Everyone wanted these. They were super simple to make and turned out great. I took them to Virginia's parents house for her birthday celebration. People there loved them. The next day I picked Virginia up to head on our road trip to Columbia to see Rachel graduate from med school (!). Virginia's mother, Gayle, told me that she hid the few remaining cookies and told everyone else they were gone so she could finish them off. ;)
Week 2:
Cookies - Glazed Lemon Drop CookiesEvent - Laura's birthday
Recipe - http://www.barefeetinthekitchen.com/2014/04/glazed-lemon-drop-cookies-recipe.html
Review - Since lemon is Laura's favorite I made these for her birthday. She loved them, and so did Brian and my grandma. My grandma said "When I have a lemon cookie I really want it to taste like lemon." That they did. My mom and I thought they were a little tart. I had to add more lemon juice
to the glaze to make it the right consistency. They were beautiful and fun little cookies.
Week 3:
Cookies - Chewy Chocolate Cherry CookiesEvent - Gretchen's birthday
Recipe - http://www.momontimeout.com/2014/01/chewy-chocolate-cherry-cookies/
Review - I'm not a huge fan of cherry, but these were delicious. I was a fan of the chewy texture. The cherries were a bit tedious to cut up, but otherwise these were simple to make. It was Gretchen's birthday so I mailed them to her. Lesson learned, maybe best to mail them in a box or something more solid to help prevent more crumbling. She said they were still very tasty.
Week 4:
Cookies - I Want to Marry You Cookies
Event - Jess and Doug's weddingRecipe - http://thecafesucrefarine.com/2013/04/i-want-to-marry-you-cookies/
Review - These were my favorite cookies to date! I went with the theme of the week - wedding! These went on a road trip to Wisconsin for a very beautiful and fun wedding. We left a bag of the cookies in their hotel room and shared several at the brunch the following morning. I also shared a few with some friends we met up with before the road trip. Everyone seemed to enjoy them. I really liked the touch of cinnamon and the pecans - a great combination of yummy ingredients. They did need to be eaten quickly. I had a few left after the trip and at several days old they weren't near as good as the first couple days.
Week 5:
Cookies - Thick and Soft Chocolate Peanut Butter CookiesEvent - AJ's birthday
Recipe - http://www.averiecooks.com/2013/02/thick-and-soft-chocolate-peanut-butter-cookies.html
Review - My friend at work is gluten-free, so these cookies were special for her birthday. I have made her another gluten free peanut butter chocolate chip recipe that people love, but this was a new one. The recipe only made about a dozen, so not many people got to sample these. I only had the crumbs, but thought they were okay. AJ loved them, which is the most important. Gluten free cookie recipes that I have come across are a bit more difficult to make. The dough is harder to work with, even with teh refrigeration I have a hard time getting them well mixed and well formed. The taste comes through but mine are never quite as pretty as I'd like them to be. Friends that saw this on Instagram and Facebook seemed to really be interested in them!
