a pinch of spice.

i thought i'd customize my blog a little. just add a pinch of spice to make it feel a bit more like me and mine. still simple, but more personal.

i love saturdays. i slept in until 11:30 (which is still early for some). but i get to relax and just go about my day at my own pace. well at least usually unless we have something specific planned. i have an inkling to bake some fresh oatmeal cookies. saturday nights are usually our game nights where students come over and we play anything from rummy to settlers of cataan. it's a pretty good time actually. it's also nice to have something freshly baked to serve everyone. one of our boys, our desk manager, whom we call "fussy" gave me his mom's pumpkin cookie recipe probably sometime in august. they little babies are fabulous. i make them all the time. they have this great icing on top and they aren't too dry. perfecto! in fact i always keep a can of pumpkin in our pantry just in case i want to make a batch. hm. perhaps i should make those.

in fact here's the recipe:

1 cup shortening/or butter.

1 cup sugar.

1 cup pumpkin.

2 cups flour.

1 tsp. baking soda.

1 tsp cinnamon.

1/2 tsp. salt.

1 egg.

cream shortening/butter, sugar and pumpkin. add egg and mix well. add dry ingredients and spoon on ungreased cookie sheet. bake at 375 for 10-12 minutes.

icing ingredients:

3 tbsp. butter

4 tsp. milk

3/4 tsp. vanilla

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup powdered sugar

cook butter, milk and brown sugar in a small sauce pan on stove top until it dissovles (no lumps). cool and add powered sugar and vanilla. wire whisk works best. wait for pumpkin cookies to cool and then freshly ice each cookie.

have a lovely weekend all. <3>