you make lemonade right? So what the hell do you do with a million oranges?? A girl in my neighborhood was selling oranges for a fundraiser so I bought the smallest amount offered which was still a ton for my little family. Even after giving a bunch to my friend I still had so many oranges.
Tonight after dinner I was faced with a perfectly clean house and time on my hands, that is when the sweet tooth and the domestic craziness comes out in me. I pondered the ingredients needed for a million different treats compared to the ingredients on hand, things were not looking good. But what I did have is a bazillion oranges.
So I have this fantastic cookbook that Kira, Curt's sister and Sharon my mother in law put together a few years ago for Christmas. One of my favorite features is that on the bottom of most recipes it has a little quip like "this is great made with left over potatos, but with Grandpa around that does not happen often!" Or "Kira's very favorite, a little more work but worth the extra effort!"
I remembered in my beloved cookbook the recipe for ORANGE cookies! Made with fresh squeezed orange juice. Like a sugar cookie but much lighter and softer. Then you top it off with frosting made with more fresh squeezed orange juice. Now I am not saying I improved on the frosting by adding 2 tablespoons cream cheese, but you be the judge. They were the perfect ending to a pretty good Saturday.
Anytime Deacon hears that kitchenaid mixing he comes running. Tonight he asked what I was making I told him cookies, he gasped and said "oh deeeelcious!" So Kira when you update the cookbook add my name next to yours as my favorite.
5 comments:
Sounds so yummy! You are such a great little baker and so creative ;)
Oh man, Jeff wishes I was as domestic as you. We've got oranges coming out our ears! But instead of making them into cookies we've just been eating oranges for breakfast every day the old fashioned way, which I can say must be the only reason we aren't getting sick--all that vitamin C. We are however, completely sick of oranges.
So where's the recipe, huh? I have a gajillion oranges right now.
you make me laugh. I bought you the cutest little gift in vegas. Let's get together soon and let the boys play.
i must have this recipe, i agree with deacon- they sound delicious! i love that deacon has a trained ear to the sound of your kitchenaid. if only we lived close enough to hear it- i'd come running too.
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