Cookie Swap: Candy cane Kiss Cookies

Sunday I went to a Cookie Swap at Kristen’s mother’s house. (I just remembered I was going to do a new header for Kristen’s blog. Gah!)

I used this recipe for Candy Cane Kiss Cookies from Recipe Girl, except I used 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract instead of 1. My batches made 5 dozen cookies instead of 2 1/2 dozen. I don’t know how that happened, but it happened with both batches. Maybe I should have gone with a ball larger than an inch?

Whatever. It worked for me! I had enough for the swap, and enough to keep at home for my own cookie stash.

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My biggest source of entertainment on food blogs isn’t discovering new recipes…it’s the comments to each recipe.

Can I substitute regular sugar for powdered sugar?

Can I bake for 10 minutes at 450 instead of 15 minutes at 350?

I substituted fruit leather for the colored sprinkles and it turned out horrible!

Do you have a vegan alternative to the steak and eggs breakfast?

If I had a food blog, I’d answer yes to all of it. Sure…stir the batter in a pot on a medium burner for eight hours and you’ll still get a cake! Of course you can use Cream of Wheat instead of Cream of Tartar! Sure, an iPad smashed on top of the dough is just as good as rolling it out with a pin!