By The Fireside: Cookies & Snow Cream

By The Fireside

Who hasn’t sat around a campfire and watched how firelight changes the faces that surround the glowing embers? There is something so mysterious and lovely about the dancing flames and the charcoaled smoke as it rises into the evening sky. The flames - the light - transform ordinary logs of wood into a picturesque bonfire. As indigo ash whispers through the night air, we breathe in a new aroma, resigning ourselves to the blaze.

When we think about community, we often reflect upon the wonderful times we've shared by a fireside...a warm hearth in a friend's home, Christmas morning with precious family, or sweet sharing and song around a bonfire. Perhaps this vision most reminds us of our great cloud of witnesses; the inspiration behind this page. As we share our stories & photographs here, our hope is that we may renew, refresh, and rekindle our friendships by this fireside...

Kenny & Jenn Sinclair

"...if my fire is not large, it is yet real, and there may be those who can light their candle at its flame." — A. W. Tozer, foreword to The Pursuit of God

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Cookies & Snow Cream

I must give credit and major kudos to Debbie Collins, whose recipe I was reading on her blog during these snow days and decided to try! She claimed they were the "Best Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies" ...and my stomach couldn't say no! Kenny and I agreed they were absolutely delicious. I've tried a bunch of chocolate chip recipes (Kenny has a major sweet tooth) and they've been pretty good, but this recipe really stood out and the cookies were "just right" - crispy on the outside, and gooey on the inside! Thanks, Debbie!!

(Debbie's) Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe in the World

1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tablespoon vanilla
3 cup flour
¾ teaspoon salt
¾ teaspoon soda

Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla & eggs. Mix dries and combine. The dough will seem kind of dry and thick.Add one bag chocolate chips. Bake 10 min at 350.
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A favorite "snow" treat in the Weber home is "Snow Cream" which I looked forward to eating every winter as a child. Just find a clean spot in the yard where the snow is fresh and untouched (yellow snow=bad idea) and gently scoop some large ladle-fulls of snow into a large bowl. Back inside, combine snow with milk, sugar, and little vanilla. You can make it as mushy, or as thick as you like it! It takes like a snow cone on steroids :)

We'll, I was off work yesterday, and the church building is closed until at least noon today with more snow on the way. Looks like it's time to eat some of those cookies!! :)