This week Tad and I finally put up our Christmas tree! We love how cute our little tree is. We also got a bunch of wrapping done AND mailed out our Christmas cards!
Mom made us an adorable little bird hanging decoration for Christmas. Here it is, looking at our tree.
We are so excited to be spending our first Christmas together.
Christmas Sugar Cookies
Saturday night Tad and I made Christmas sugar cookies together. We used a recipe my mom gave me that holds its shape and is surprisingly soft and chewy! This recipe was discovered after many frustrating years of very fat snowflakes that lost their shape while baking. 🙂
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
Beat together the cream cheese, butter, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl on medium speed until well blended.
Add the flour and baking soda and mix well.
Roll dough to 1/8 inch thickness on lightly floured surface.
Cut into shapes. Place on grease baking sheets and decorate as desired.
Bake 10-12 minutes (less for smaller cookies) edit: at 350 degrees or until edges begin to brown. Transfer cookies to wire rack. Cool completely.
Makes about 3 1/2 dozen.
Enjoy!
(We didn’t have any Christmas sprinkles!)
I Came, I Cooked, I Did Not Burn.
This is my first foray in the kitchen since I’ve been married to Aliesha. My previous attempts as a bachelor ended in still frozen steaks and cold hotdogs. I was a bit more successful this time. I like to call this dish, Chicken with Pepperjack Cheese and Mushrooms and Onions Topped with Bacon. It tasted amazing, though it might not look that pretty.
All in all, I learned a lesson through this exercise that all men should learn. This lesson is that I cannot multitask.
I forgot about the mashed potatoes and the corn until the end and Aliesha had to come to my rescue. Thankfully the chicken was still hot.
I’m glad that I had this opportunity to cook. Alton Brown better watch his back or I might end up with his job.
