On the 6th day of Christmas...

...My handsome husband made with me- Martha Stewart's "Ideal" sugar cookies!

Lee had been struck with a craving that he couldn't get over.  He tweeted about it twice, so of course I had to say yes.  We found this recipe online.  I later realized that I own the cookbook it came out of.

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/ideal-sugar-cookies












Lee started out using the cookie scooper while I rolled them into balls.



Then I smashed some of them down using a glass dipped in sugar.



We had expected these to flatten out- whoops.



So we just did it ourselves.







A happy, happy man.



Yum!

On the 4th Day of Christmas...

...Two of my siblings made with me- Carrot Cake Cheesecake Cupcakes!

Yes, I am wearing orange sweats and my husband's cammo shirts.  No judgement please.



Looks like cheese.  Tricked you!

Yum.

Recipe Credit: http://cuptincreations.blogspot.com/2008/07/carrot-cake-cheesecake-cupcakes.html

On the 2nd Day of Christmas...

...My cousin made with me- Sausage balls and chocolate pretzels!

My oldest cousin Britni came over and helped me make some yummy food.  But first was present time.

A bag for Britni.

And the Pioneer Woman cookbook for me!!

Sausage balls:

Iphone friends.

One lonely sausage ball, waiting for a family.

So somehow these came out flat...I think we decided that there wasn't enough sausage to parts Bisquick and cheese.  Which is crazy, because I left out over a cup of Bisquick.  Not really sure what happened.  However, they tasted amazing.

The caramel wasn't exactly caramelly.  Uh-oh.

Pretzels kept breaking and sticking and all sorts of a hot mess.

The babies were pretzel beggars.

Starting over with new pretzel rods and melted chocolate.

Butterscotch was a failure too.  Whoops.  Not only was it out of date (expiration date was February), it didn't melt.

Decorating was so fun.  Ps, am I not styling or what?

Pretty!

The carnage.

The tongs were not helpful.

Yum.

The skewers helped a little, but not enough.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Twyla!  And thanks Britni for doing the dishes!

Mint chocolate pretzels.  Not that good in your mouth.

On the First Day of Christmas...

...My true love gave to me- APPLE CIDER COOKIES!

Compliments of cooksrecipes.com.  Inspired by a jug of apple cider on an end cap at WalMart.



The recipe suggested putting a glaze on the cookies.  I got tired and both homework and bed were calling my name, so I skipped it.  I bet it would have been awesome though.  I told myself I would wake up early and make the glaze tomorrow, but I sincerely doubt it....