The Baby and the Cookies

It probably wasn't until a month before the due date that we were able to tell our friend was soon a mother going to be.......the truth is she looked so great we had no need to alter our social schedule whatsoever and so the  three of us and the guys kept the BBQ's, lunches, dinners, morning coffees and cocktail nights coming...

The odds of course suggested it would be at one of these lovely encounters that baby M was to make his appearance...and that J and I (picture obsessive) would document it of course


I even recall a clothes & cosmetics shopping marathon I was not able to join the girls for ,  and which i was sure would have an exquisite shoe shop to be the scenery... but it wasn't...

 

Fortunately baby M arrived as planned and gave me time enough to bake his mom these cookies

When we arrived at the hospital  J2 ( there's 3 J's ) couldn't believe she looked ready to go shopping again!

It took her a minute to make the cookies disappear...  and half to look her amazing self again!

Welcome Marcos!

Chocolate Cheesecake

I had only made Berry Cheesecake so far and decided to give a Chocolate cheesecake a try

 this is more or less what it looked like

a crunchy base

a soft and creamy mix of dark chocolate and cheese filling 

 

topped with minni cookies

and this is more or less what the one i then of course had to make for home looked like...

 sliced right away!

  

Butter Walnut Cookies

I was on the other side of the room when the phone rang. The paralyzing ring...I stood immobile only my head turned round in the direction of Bell's element of morning torture. I stood immobile... a chill ran down my spine as everything went into a Hitchcock black and white mode...would it be the squeaky voice that had tried to persuade me down the 200 TV channel lane? the sinister gas company "converters"? I 'd already refused to change my air conditioning, and answer any surveys, so "who could it beeee nowww?"
I  shyly approached the phone(they weren't giving up) to take a peek at the incoming number, I mean after all they couldn't see me... right?
I picked up...  RELIEF -  it was a friend in need. She began to speak... (did I say  relief?) After three minutes of chat it became clear that "having something sweet would make her feel sooooo much better" and as i tried to find solutions to the topic of our conversation...she pointed out she really wouldn't take that long to get to my place, "after all, these conversations are much more productive in person"... I kinda got the hint...

After all, cookies hadn't been on the menu for a while...and here's why you should always have this easy as can be Slice & Bake cookie dough in your fridge

How to ?

Beat

1 cup of butter and1/2 cup of sugar

Add 1/2 cup powder sugar, and a pinch of salt
Kkeep beating

Add 2 egg yolks  and then mix in 1 1/2 cups of flour

If the dough gets too hard you can  finish mixing with a spoon, add chopped walnuts

Divide dough and shape into logs, chill in plastic wrap for 3 hours min in refrigerator

You can roll them in sugar before you slice and bake for 10-12 minutes until slightly brown

to help a friend in need...

Enjoy!