Chocolate&Nut Cookies

It came!

Happy New Year, my friends! Let this year give you much luck, joy and happiness. Wish you strong health and inspiration. There are a lot of plans, there is much more willing to realize the dreams. I believe that everything will come true!

And now...now is the first day of the New Year. Let yourself be a bit lazy, eat delicious food, observe the presents - do all what you want!

Plum&Cinnamon bars

I suppose many of us have been still making tasty preserves for winter. And it’s a good thing because a jar of home-made salty cucumbers or tomatoes for a holiday or aroma jam will be desired for a dining table in winter.

Sometimes preserves are coming to the end before the coldest season. And not only because they were made too little. Everything is so tasty and appetizing that after opening the jar only “for test” you realize: the only degustation isn’t enough. You begin to eat and can’t stop: because of homemade, not from shop ones. How can you keep yourself? And is it necessary?

I turned up myself in the common stream of “before-wintertime-eaters”, opening the jar of plum jam. But I did it for special purpose − aroma Plum&Cinnamon bars.

Chocolate cookies with white pepper

Sometimes you haven't got any mood. No good, no bad, may be depressed mood? I can't express more exactly. Only kitchen saves me at such moments. Not eating tenth chocolate sweet, but cooking. Maybe even sweets. But I get special pleasure while baking pies, cakes and cookies. At first making dough, then wearisome waiting, working with the dough and finally long-expected result. You treat your family, take a sample by yourself, share the recipes - and get much pleasure. You feel happy.
Do you have such moments?

Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

The name of these cookies points to their nature. It you leave them alone for two minutes somebody very bright, going by the kitchen at this moment, will take two pieces with him - it's impossible not to be tempted by their aroma at first and then their look. On the one hand, this thing is convenient to me. It means that cookies are tasty, my family appreciated them as their true value so there is a merited cause to reiterate the process. But! But just imagine such a picture: at first you knead dough with special feeling, model tiny balls, put them on the sheet so that every ball feels comfortable, then watch balls turning into cookies, see to it that nothing will burn slightly, to the accompaniment of incredible aroma take the sheet from the oven, enjoy equal ruddy circles and satisfied with the result go for a camera. But when you come back you find out that the sheet is almost empty. And only appetizing crunch is heard from the room next door. Of course you smile, scold a rowdy and ... knead dough again. At this moment cookies continue to vanish. By the way with your help! :)