Cookie Accident at the Sunset House

Boy, am I stinkin’ tired. Hubs and I stayed up until 3am baking and packaging cookies gifts for people at his workplace. The treats came out rather delicious, I must say. We made a batch of Earl Grey shortbread, a recipe given to me by my pastry chef coworker. The cookies came out delicious and buttery, with a hint of tea flavoring. I’ll share the recipe and final outcome of the project on my blog soon.

Hubs and I also had a cookie accident that set off the fire alarm. Oops. You see, my coworker generously converted one of her culinary school recipes (apricot oatmeal cookies) from a huge, mass production batch, into a smaller, home sized batch just for me. However, I think there was a typo during the conversion process, because when I made the oatmeal cookies last night, the recipe called for a mountain of sugar, a full cup of honey, 1/2 cup of vanilla extract, yet only 1/3 cup of flour. After I mixed everything together, I thought it looked a little grainy from all the excess sugar, but I shrugged and scooped the batter onto my Silpat anyway. Once stuck the tray in the oven, the honey and sugar melted and burnt the cookies to a crisp. Smoke filled the ceiling and our fire alarm started shrieking. Hubs rushed to fan the air around the alarm, while I focused on cleaning the blackened mess that was our oven. The kitchen and oven survived, but the cookies, sadly, did not. Our house still smells like burnt honey. Bleah. At least the shortbread recipe came out perfect.

Today, I’m sharing another card that I made with the Love You Much bundle (the designer paper, stamp, and heart shaped punch are all from the bundle). I even hooked up my 1970′s Sears Kenmore sewing machine that my parents handed down to me and I sewed a little border around the card. I’m really into the sewn paper look right now. It’s too bad I only know how to sew paper and not clothes.

Two more days until Christmas, yeah! I only get six holidays off per year, and Christmas is one of them, so I’m excited.

Card Recipe (all supplies SU unless noted): Love You Much stamp set, cardstock in kraft, riding hood red, pixie pink, very vanilla, ink in chocolate chip, riding hood red, pixie pink, heart punch from Love You Much bundle, Candy Lane designer paper (also included in bundle), sewing machine, stampin’ dimensionals