Last post of the month of May. Check back the first of June and, God Willing, I will be back on line with lots of recipes and adventures to share with you. The process toward final departure got a good start this morning as our pastor gave my son and I each a special blessing for our trip. He has traveled a lot so had lots of advice and good wishes for us. His main word of advice was to pack light so we can fill up our suitcase with memories of our trip. Actually, my son would probably feel comfortable walking on the plane with a passport in one hand and his toothbrush in his back pocket. Mothers, however, have this thing about changing clothing even on vacation.
Our shared check-in bag is under 50 pounds and our carry-on bags are within the limits. We have books to read and look forward to finally finding ourselves off and running after thinking about this vacation for almost two years now.
So . . . Hope the rest or your Spring is temperate and beautiful and the summer month arriving in June is gentle to us!
God bless!
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Cookies to keep the spice in your life!
Crispy-Chompy Molasses Cookies
1 cup butter
2 ½ cups sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup molasses
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Melt butter and stir in sugar, spices, and egg, combining well.
Dissolve soda in water and add to mixture, beating well. Stir in molasses and flour.
Drop by teaspoonsful, about 3 inches apart on greased baking sheets.
Bake for 7 to 9 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Makes approximately 8 dozen cookies.
1 cup butter
2 ½ cups sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup molasses
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Melt butter and stir in sugar, spices, and egg, combining well.
Dissolve soda in water and add to mixture, beating well. Stir in molasses and flour.
Drop by teaspoonsful, about 3 inches apart on greased baking sheets.
Bake for 7 to 9 minutes. Cool on wire racks. Makes approximately 8 dozen cookies.
Wonder why I'm thinking about travel today . . .?
“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
″A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” – Moslih Eddin Saadi
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
″A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” – Moslih Eddin Saadi
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain
“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener
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