Black and White pt. 2

Crinkle Cookies

Cookie number two is Crinkle Cookies apparently also known as Black and Whites (how appropriate!). They are a fudge-y chocolate cookie that is rolled in powdered sugar before they are baked. As they bake and expand it forms all the nooks and crinkles as the chocolate peeks through the sugar coating. These were my favorite of the two cookies because they were moist inside, but the dough wasn't too sweet and the powdered sugar added that extra sweetness.

The recipe comes from Joy of Baking.

The Holidays in Black and White

It's a yearly tradition for my girlfriends and me to do secret santas. We are all on a budget so this is a great way for us to give and receive without breaking the bank. Of course, we have to include a cookie exchange as well. Everyone brings their gift and cookies to dinner/lunch and after we eat we exchange gifts and cookies.

The cookie exchange is simple. Bake and bring enough cookies to give to everyone else. For us, we bring 7 cookies/sets of cookies (or 8 if you want one of your own). Then we all trade cookies and can enjoy a variety of cookies for the next few days.

This year my cookies have a black and white theme. The first of two cookies I made for the exchange were Chocolate and Vanilla Moonstones. First you make the vanilla dough and then take part of it out and add melted chocolate to make chocolate dough. When you form the cookies you mix both colors together and it when bakes they come out half and half. They didn't come out exactly how I expected they would, but they tasted pretty good.

Here is the recipe for the cookies. I don't have a picture of the cookies I baked becaused I was in rush and now I'm too lazy to take the cookies out of the tupperware and take pictures. They do look pretty similar to the ones on the recipe's website though.

Cranberries Part 2

Here are pictures of my second recipe with cranberries. They are Cranberry Upside Down Muffins from Joy of Baking. These two pictures are from the ugly batch. The other ones were prettier, but I didn't have time to take pictures of them before I took them to a potluck.