so... Covid

I don't really feel trapped. I feel like we are all starting over. We will figure it out. I get that from my grandmother, and saying that makes me smile. My Grandma started over again and again and at 91 she had to put her second husband, bedridden for almost a decade, in permanent care and start over. She knew about starting over. She was cheerful and accepting of the new normal, pitched in and made another new life, no complaints. She'd been through both wars, a depression or two and knew how to stretch a dollar, food, clothing, make things do, last and jump through hoops. When we would drop in she always served us something put by from the garden she always grew, right up to Grandpa going into care. She was amazing to me, but of her time she was just an average Jane living an average life and she saw no great feats in it all. I saw the greatness.

Betty Crocker's Bread Pudding (cuz I'm the 3rd generation with the cookbook! :) ) I do however temper the eggs and mix all the ingredient together before I add the bread cubes and I add currants I've plumped in hot liquid instead of raisins. I have used some crazy different bread! Rye is delicious but I like to use brown sugar.

https://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/old-fashioned-bread-pudding/790f3338-59c6-4312-a3c1-3e4d0cf6b101

Practice Makes... Better

I just know that you only get to be the kind of person you want to be by practising every day. Nothing falls out of the sky, hits you on the head and, BOOM, makes you anything- not good, not bad, not happy, not sad. It's all in what you practice to be every minute of every day. Some days I'm better at practicing than others. Some days I just like to drink coffee, play FB games and dunk cookies! :)

Snickerdoodles

1 cup softened Butter
1 1/2 cups Sugar- I sometimes use 1/2 brown sugar!
2 large Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
2 3/4 cup Flour
2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt

In a small bowl mix together:
1/4 cup Sugar
1 Tbsp Cinnamon- sometimes I add a bit of nutmeg!

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cream butter and sugar thoroughly until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs and vanilla.
Mix flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt and add to the butter mix.

Form the dough into a round log and wrap the dough in wax paper. Refrigerate for at least half an hour. Cut the log into even pieces, depending how large you want them and roll into nice balls. I like them about an inch wide. The heat from your hands will make them slightly sticky and they will coat well. Drop them into the cinnamon-sugar mixture and ensure the cookie balls are completely covered.

Bake for 9-11 minutes for 1"balls. Let cool for several minutes on baking sheet before removing from the pan.

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Jam Thumbprints

1/2 c. butter
1/4 c. brown sugar
1  egg yolk
1 c. flour
1/2 tsp. vanilla

1  egg white lightly beaten- in a small bowl
crushed nuts- in a small bowl

Mix the first five ingredients in order. Roll into an approx 1"log, cut into 1" sections and roll into balls. (easier to keep uniform in size) Roll in the egg whites and then in the nuts and place on a cookie sheet. Push the top of the cookie in with your thumb. Drop your fave jam in the dip. I like red currant! I use my old silver baby spoon to put the jam in the dip cuz it's the perfect size and there are less drips.  Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Yum!