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Quote of the Week

Quote of the Week 12/24/12

December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas Eve! I’m so excited for tomorrow! I hope everyone gets everything on their Christmas lists! I, personally, am more excited to see peoples’ reactions to the gifts that I got them. I’m so excited I can hardly contain it!

This week’s quote comes from the Christmas episode of the kooky British sitcom Blackadder, and I think describes Christmas pretty accurately.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!

“I trust Christmas brings to you its traditional mix of good food and violent stomach cramps.”

— Ebenezer Blackadder (played by Rowan Atkinson)

You kind of have to watch it for it to make sense... and even then it doesn't really make much sense

You kind of have to watch it for it to make sense… and even then it doesn’t really make much sense

Recipes

Mexican Chocolate Cookies

December 24, 2011

So, for Santa this year, I decided to branch out from my usual Place-and-Bake-Sugar-Cookies-With-Holiday-Shapes for Santa and make something different. I figured Santa would probably appreciate a little variation.

Not this year, Dough Boy.

Not this year, Dough Boy.

After some searching online, I found a nifty looking recipe for a spicy chocolate cookie, which I used as a starting place to creating my own recipe. Since my mother has a self-diagnosed gluten allergy, I tried to keep the cookies gluten-free, but also still delicious. I think I succeeded, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see how much Santa enjoyed them before I make a final judgement.

Santa’s feeling a little spicy this year

Ingredients:

  • 1 heaping 2/3 cup chocolate, coarsely chopped (I recommend dark chocolate, but if you only have milk chocolate on hand, that will work, too, just cut the sugar down by 1/4).
  • 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1/4 cup coconut flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • non-stick aluminum foil

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Place chocolate in a microwave safe bowl; microwave at HIGH 1 minute or until almost melted, stirring until smooth. Cool to room temperature.
  3. Combine almond and coconut flour, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, black pepper and red pepper in a small bowl and whisk together.
  4. Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 3 minutes).
  5. Add egg to the sugar mixture and beat well.
  6. Add cooled chocolate and vanilla; beat just until blended.
  7. Add flour mixture; beat just until blended.
  8. Drop dough by level tablespoons 2 inches apart on baking sheets lined with non-stick foil (if you don’t like non-stick foil, you can just spray the bottom of the pan with a non-stick spray).
  9. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until almost set. Remove from oven. Cool on pans 2 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooking.
  10. Sprinkle the cookies with cinnamon sugar. I dusted them with a bit of red pepper, just to accentuate the spiciness.
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice (And by "everything nice" I obviously mean "CHOCOLATE")

Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice (And by “everything nice” I obviously mean “CHOCOLATE”)

Hoping everyone has a safe and satisfactory Christmas tomorrow! And to my non-Christmas-celebrating-friends, enjoy your regular, non-special Sunday!