The cookie idea that made me say "HELLO COOKIE!" :)

 

After reading about sandwich cookies in Tasha Tudor's Cookbook

(in the Christmas section at the back of the book),

I thought of making them.

I told my beloved Husband and he mentioned adding raspberry jam

to the melted chocolate in the middle.

So of course I had to do this!

I used, for the sugar cookie recipe,

the one in the 1945 Boston School of Cooking Cookbook

(before it was called the Fannie Farmer Cookbook in later revisions).

I did not use Tasha's recipe because

1. it called for chilling the dough and

2. rolling it out and using cookie cutters.

While a nice idea, I did not have time for that!

But I know the recipe I did use is incredible!

For the filling, I used up some chocolate wafers,

melting them on a double boiler,

and then adding jam at the end (it thickens it a lot!).

They are now in the freezer, most to share

but a small bag for us (pictured here) is waiting for Christmas!

(we do the January 7 Christmas for this).

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These three memes make me laugh:

My Husband would say this is my winning strategy LOL :) 

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I made a double batch of turtle bars and one batch of brownies

(from a mix, time saving!) adding chocolate covered dried cherries.

So my Christmas baking Part 1 is well underway, if not done!

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I am going early to NYC tomorrow (just a medical checkup thing, nothing exciting).

Next week is my birthday.  Guess what I get to do on my birthday?

Go back to NYC to get a filling fixed (it totally fell out recently).

What is good about this? I am totally DV going to Tea and Sympathy first! :)

And also to Trader Joe's I Hope! (if not just for their vegan samosas LOL!)

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I wrote this on social media earlier:

I listen to Classic FM on my phone often;

 this is from the UK and is on UK time; 

I always think of England when listening.  

So I heard the news of the virus getting worse and the lockdown.  

I felt so sorry for this.  

But I also thought of how brave England has been in the past, 

during WWII and pray that 

they will not lose heart in this time of discouragement.  

I am also thinking of my beloved folk in Ottawa 

who are facing lockdown again from what I gather. 

And anyone else in this situation! 

❤ May the Lord have mercy on us!!!