Sorry for the lull in posts. Grad school and two sick kids has had me down a little bit. I haven't tried making anything new yet, but tomorrow I am going to make another batch of bread (the first batch has lasted us forever! Just now taking the last loaf out of the freezer to thaw). I think I'm going to do a honey wheat this time.
Tomorrow, I am going to make more whole wheat muffins-- one batch blueberry, and one batch chocolate chip. The base for the apple muffins would be a good vehicle, since they freeze AWESOME! I defrosted one for myself today on low for a minute, then microwaved for 30 seconds, and it was fantastic. These muffins don't have much of a shelf-life, though, if made with apples, because the apples will oxidize, even after baking. I found that out when I opened one up a couple of days after making them and the apple chunks had turned red. I didn't see any harm with eating them, but nonetheless, I pitched the few that were left uneaten and just focused on the ones in the freezer.
The breakfast cookies are a BIG HIT in this house. Both the husband and David (and me, too!) love them. David requests them, and the frozen ones, just like the muffins, thaw on the counter/defrost in microwave without compromising the taste or texture. Perfect for this family. If I have a mixture of muffins, whole wheat/flax pancakes, and those cookies in my freezer at all times, I think that David will always be set for breakfasts and I won't be scrambling around trying to figure out what to feed him when we're running late for school.
All that being said-- I wish David would eat something else for breakfast, but like I said, he does not like eggs. Some mornings, he will eat a cheesestick for breakfast.. yes, strange, I know, but we've all had those "I don't want breakfast foods" mornings. I don't like how carby his first meal typically is, but if it's whole wheat (and he doesn't really get bad carbs the rest of the day) then I don't feel as bad, especially since I know he'll burn it all up with his energy levels.
David has been requesting cookies lately, which he doesn't typically get, anyway, but I thought I'd oblige, so earlier I set out to make a batch of sour cream cookies. I creamed together the shortening and the sugar, and reach for the next ingredient-- an egg-- only to remember that Phil hardboiled all of the eggs this morning. So, the creamed shortening and sugar are sitting in the fridge right now, waiting for Phil to bring home some eggies. The kids won't eat a ton of them, and since the recipe makes roughly 30 cookies, and the dough freezes well, I can bake up four at a time (since Phil and I don't need them) and the kids can have a little treat here and there. They aren't healthy, sure, but they're small, and every kid deserves a cookie sometimes! :)
As soon as this cold is over (and I'm sure that's when a new one will start, with David in preschool and Phil working at a college), I will start experimenting again. For now, I just want to seclude myself in my bedroom because I'm cutting my darn wisdom teeth. Boohoo. I'm not a happy camper, at all.
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