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One Cookie For All

This is a vanilla sugar cookie recipe that is well tested in our home around Christmas.

Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt (skip the salt if you use salted butter)
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg (room temperature)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions:

  1. Mix flour with baking powder and salt in a medium size bowl.
  2. Beat butter with sugar in a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high, until fluffy.
  3. Beat in egg and vanilla till just combine.
  4. Add dry ingredients into the wet mixture in two parts. Mix just until combine.
  5. Divide dough in half; roll each portion into 2-inch wide log. Wrap in parchment paper and twist ends.
  6. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
  7. Preheat oven to 350F.
  8. Slice cookie log into 1/4 inch rounds and arrange 1 inch apart on un-greased baking sheets.
  9. Bake for 10-12 minutes until slightly golden.

Pizza Night

Pizza night is always a hit with the boys at home. Tonight we decide to recreate A’s favorite: prosciutto arugula, balsamic pizza.

A few short cuts are taken, since we had a full day of activities with the kiddos outdoor. We found the dough, prosciutto, sun dried tomato, and sliced bocconcini cheese at Misto’s Fine Food Shop, a hidden gem in the Westboro neighbourhood of Ottawa.

The dough was made and delivered to Ottawa daily. Since it was frozen, we thawed it on the counter, in a stainless bowl, rubbed with olive oil and plastic wrap on top to keep the moisture in while it thaws and rises slowly during the day.

This is the plain cheese pizza for the kids.

This is the adult version, topped with tomato sauce, sliced Bocconcini soft cheese, sun dried tomato and fresh basil leaves.

Baked @ 400C until golden (about 10 mins). Here is a photo of the excited pizza guardian:

Freshly out of the oven, top with prosciutto and fresh arugula leaves. Drip over a generous amount of aged Balsamic vinegar.

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