Tag: cookies

These cookies were great. Made them for a friend who can’t have regular chocolate chip cookies.

White Chocolate Orange Cookies

    Ingredients (makes 2 to 3 dozen)

  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 to 3 teaspoons grated orange peel
  • 1 (12-ounce) package white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
    Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350*F (175*C).
  2. In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt together. Set aside.
  3. In large bowl, cream butter and sugars together with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and grated orange peel. Add the flour mixture to butter mixture and stir to just combine. Stir in white chocolate chips and chopped walnuts.
  4. Drop by tablespoonful onto an ungreased baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, turning baking sheet around at the halfway point to ensure even browning. Let stand for 2 minutes than remove to racks to finish cooling.

Those of you who regularly read this blog will not be surprised to learn that I feel disappointed with Bush winning the presidential election. I could spend pages on that topic but won’t as there are others out there who’ve done it better than I could. Instead, I have a few other words to say.

To Senator Kerry

Thank you for your effort; while you were not my first choice for president, I believe you would have fulfilled the duties of the office honorably.

To those Americans who voted

Whether you voted for Kerry, Busy, Nader or one of the other third party candidates; you decided that your voice would not go unheard this year. For that I applaude you; the single most important reasponsibility we have as American citizens is to tell our government what we think. Yesterday, all of you did just that.

To those Americans who did not vote

You owe every dead American soldier an apology. One of the things our country has fought for has been to maintain our democracy; so that we have the ability to choose our leaders. By failing to follow the issues and vote, you insult the memory of every American soldier who ever died for us. For those of you who protest that you were too busy with work/family/whatever; just remember those soldiers had their own families and their own jobs that they gave up to defend your rights. They never got to go back to their families and jobs, but you can every night.

Try thinking about that next time.

I’ve seen this meme in several different places. I finally decided to heck with it and that I’d do it myself. The items in bold are the ones I’ve done and the rest are viewable after the jump.

01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula.
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Done a striptease
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