My friend NB and her husband JB have been looking for a house for several months and finally found one! She was supposed to close on it at the beginning of November. Well, the bank didn't have all the paperwork together so she wasn't able to close on the house until this month. We always have work parties at her place, but a week before our party we had to find another place because we didn't think she'd be able to close on the house in time. We were right. She finally closed on it the day after the party. Go figure.
The Monday before the party, we started looking for other places to have our party. Everyone else lives in apartments too small for 15+ people, so I looked into renting the party room in my apartment complex. The problem with that was we'd have to be out of the room and have it cleaned up by 10. Plus, I worked all day that Sunday and wouldn't have time to prepare anything before people showed up. We decided on a nice restaurant downtown. The day before, JO decides to actually call said restaurant to find out if we could reserve the back room for it. No, they close at 2PM on Sundays. Great!
I don't know who decided it, but we ended up going to Perkins. Of all the places in town, someone chose Perkins.
Last year we did a gift exchange, but this year we decided to all make cookies and have a cookie exchange. I called my step-mom to have her send me the recipe for Candy Lasses because it was something new I'm sure none of my co-workers have had. I decided to make them on Wednesday in case I messed them up, then I would still have time to remake them or make something else. I'm glad I did that because I messed them up! Haha
First of all, the recipe calls for crushed peppermint candy. I didn't really have anything to crush them with and I couldn't remember how my step-mom did it. I didn't want to call her and sound like an idiot, so my husband just put them in a bag and beat them with a hammer. It worked, and that's all that matters. Don't judge.
The recipe also calls for molasses and that stuff smells so nasty! I really hope I don't need to use it for anything for a very long time. Anyway, I pulled the cookies out of the oven and they looked perfect! I didn't burn them! I was so happy!
Candy Lasses failed because they were rock hard after cooling. Only after I mess them up does my step-mom tell me to take them out before they look done. She apparently burned them the first few times she made them, too. They didn't look burned, but I guess looks can be deceiving.
All that work for nothing. I ended up just throwing them out. The night before the party I decided to make Oatmeal Scotchies. I trust them, they don't deceive me. They actually did turn out perfect and they were very tasty. I was sad to give 95% of them away, but everyone liked them. (: Steve ate the other 4.9%
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
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