Shelby

I thought I heard the screams of pumpkins being forced off the table......... All I can say is that I feel much better now. (and the chicken looks so good...maybe chicken for dinner tonight here)

You know I was just teasing you right? We could paint 'em red and green........

Yeah that chicken looks awesome. I will have to try that.

Oh your deviled eggs look so good and you even piped in the filling. (Chris, we gotta get those pumpkins off the table )

I could eat that right now for breakfast.

Ann!!! You can't do this to me when I've already started dinner....this looks amazing.

Got our deer all ground up into burger yesterday. Venison chili And venison meatloaf

Wow. I love your kitchen and all of the candies etc. look so good. I know you guys must be exhausted!

Just a quick note: The lime melt aways are really good eaten right out of the freezer while trying to unearth something for dinner.

I bet you guys are getting tired! You've already done so much!

UGH I would be more than put out.....a brand new trailer....they just don't make things the way they used to. I'm glad that you can limp through, at least until you get to a repair place. Sigh.

Um. These are amazing.

Yeah, pecan and apple=perfect.

And?????

Oh that looks good. I haven't made that for a while.

I love amaretto sours so yeah! I was sitting here thinking of something that tastes like Christmas....something with orange??? I dunno. I am definitely not a cocktail maker.

Ooooooh Pecan Liqueur!

That is such a compliment!!! Thank you

Oh you guys, thanks so much, but I promise, you guys bake way better and more complicated than I do. And, yeah....the wine is goooooood tonight lol.

Ok, all of you cookie bakers. I'm pooped. I made all of the dough yesterday and put it in the fridge--I do better that way. Making dough, letting it chill and then baking it all in the same day makes me antsy and I rush too much. Anyway, I baked everything today: These aren't cookies, but I doctored up a box of Ghirardelli brownies (don't judge me, they are just as good as I can make scratch or probably better lol) with some chopped up peppermint patty candies Soft molasses cookies. They taste just like Christmas to me. Sugar cookies that have cream cheese and almond extract in them. @Ling's lime melt-aways. I could eat every one of these. Not today...I'm sick of cookies today...but I could tomorrow. Raspberry thumbprint cookies I thought for sure I had some raspberry jam--or just any kind of jam in the cupboard, but no. And I had already made the dough. So I used a can of raspberries and made my own. Some all packaged up for my wonderful UPS delivery man. Excuse the ugly ziplock bags --he seems to be here every day except for when I make him something and then he's never here lol. And now I need a glass of wine.

When thawing them out, do you just lay them out on the counter or do you do put them in the fridge? I think this is my last dumb question.

I had a bit of pork belly, some broth and a few pieces of venison tenderloin left over from last week. The tenderloin is just ends and pieces that were too small to make steaks out of. Anyway, noodle bowls for us....the hot broth poured over the raw venison cooked it perfectly. Before the broth

Another question: What about cookies that are rolled in colored sugar and then baked. Can you freeze them ok or does the sugar not do well when they thaw out?

I do have one of those things but I would have forgotten to use it so thank you!

Thank you! I'm trying to talk myself into making cookies. I just don't enjoy it very much. But you guys make it sound so festive lol.