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It's been a while since I have been able to sit at a computer for more than 5 minutes at a time since daycare has been closed for almost 2 weeks and I have taken some time off of work. It was nice to be away from the daily grind, but today it is back to reality. I already miss my little B.
Let's see, in the past 2 weeks, I have put on Christmas Day dinner for 10 people, hosted 5 family members at my tiny 1100 sq. ft. house for 5 days, hosted NYE for 10 people, won a race that over 500 people ran (1st female), and was able to get everything back together for today. No, I didn't sleep much.
Lastly, here is a quick (and promised) update on the Paleo cookies that I made for Christmas this year... most of them were a success.
Hope you all had a great holiday with family and friends! XOXO
Recipe
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Verdict
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The
lemon cookie turned out great, but the lemon-curd was TERRIBLE. I remade it twice and both times it turned
into a gelatinous and chalky tasting mess.
What I ended up doing was filling the cookies with fruit preserves
(apricot and blackberry). That was
awesome. They did not save well though
and got terribly mushy after several hours.
I should have frozen them immediately.
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AMAZING
and easy. They got rave reviews from
even the pickiest eaters (my younger brothers).
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These
were kind of a pain in the @$$ to make, but they were really fabulous and
most likely the best out of all of the ones that I made. They tasted like a real cookie, not
necessarily a samoa, but very excellent.
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GREAT
(and easy)! I also got rave reviews
from this and was asked by several people where I got the recipe.
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These
did not turn out as hoped. The cookie
was really hard to "roll" out and stuck like you have no idea (even
on parchment paper). The
"cream" filling also did not work for me. I ended up salvaging about half of the
cookies and filling it with some homeade "Nutella". I actually got asked for the recipe! :-)
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Incredible,
as usual. This is a staple for me that
I use to wow Paleo-naysayers. The
cookies always turn out great and you would have no idea that they were
grain-free. I think I have made 4 batches of these over the past 2 weeks.
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I
didn't make these, but instead subbed with a recipe from Danielle Walker's
"Joyful" cookbook. Normally
I love her recipes, but this one fell short for me. It could have been because I used sunbutter
instead of almond butter, but my son did love them. He ate most of the batch!
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I
didn't get here either.
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Paleo Marshmallows from Danielle Walker's "Joyful"
cookbook
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They
were easy and tasted as good as marshmallows made with honey could
taste. The consistency was spot
on.
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These
turned out well, but didn't keep very long.
I was able to get these into the freezer.
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Paleo Thumbprint Cookies from Danielle Walker's
"Joyful" cookbook
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These
were easy to make and turned out great!
I froze a bunch of them for later.
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