Chocolate Crinkle Cookie Mania

Item # 5 on my countdown to Christmas check-off list...

the baking of more 

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

I started off early this morning making three separate batches of dough in order to refrigerate them the necessary four hours before the preparing and baking of the cookies.

I then put together a pot of beef stew as I knew my house elves would be hungry and moaning for something more than cookies later in the day.

After a quick lunch, I got busy rolling the chilled dough into quarter-size balls working quickly as to not warm the dough because that makes them very sticky and hard to handle.

I then coated each one with confectioner's sugar and placed them on parchment lined baking sheets.

Each batch made approximately 54 cookies....so that would be 162 cookies today

plus

the batch of 58 I made yesterday.....yes, I am tired!

Thirteen minutes later from my 350 degree oven emerged very cute and yummy cookies.

One batch is for us and the other two are for gift giving...

also, yesterday's batch was for gift-giving.

Between batches one and two, I made myself some much-needed hazelnut coffee and placed my cup next to this plate...no, i did not eat those six cookies.

Instead, I munched on some delicious end-of-season satsumas my husband brought home after helping power wash a local church and rectory this morning.

Twas a full day in the kitchen with lots of cooking, baking, and the constant cycle of dirty dishes in need of washing, drying and putting away.

Also in our midst was our 19 pound "rookie elf"...the cute one who only takes his meals in a bottle...

and gets quite vocal when his tummy runneth low.

Thanks to Sweetpea's wonderful help and assistance

crinkle cookie day is complete.

Tomorrow we clean house - 

No, I will not be blogging/taking pics about 

the scrubbing of toilets 

or

the vacuuming of dust bunnies.