November 2015 archive

Nestle’s pumpkin spice molasses cookies

Nestle's Pumpkin Spice Chips

Nestle’s Pumpkin Spice Chips

For those who know me, I bring out Christmas decorations the day after Halloween and bring out the cookie stuff Thanksgiving week, baking just two trays and freeze the rest for a marathon baking day around December 20th and wrap as gifts for service people and our UPS drivers, mailman and the such. 5 WEEKS of dough later, I’m making thousands. USUALLY mom’s old recipes but today, I tried Nestle’s pumpkin spice molasses with chips. I made a goof and had to double the batch. Thank goodness I did because it’s really strong. What a punch of flavor in one tiny morsel. Good job Nestlé. 

Halloween and Christmas Decorations

Halloween 2014I remember when I was a newly wed, my husband and I went to my parents house to set up their Christmas Tree.  It was just prior Christmas and my husband said that he really thought we should enjoy the holiday more. So from that year on, the day after Halloween is a huge day for us – with the tradition of bringing our decorations out. We start small, first bringing the decorations back to the attic and taking down just one or two of the boxes but the past couple of years, now that I have one so far away in college, we started right then.  So wish me luck as we begin to do it all, including the Christmas tree.  Why not – its always so beautiful with the lights.  I will let you know how it goes tomorrow.  Then it’s off to freezing cookie dough!