Happy 6th Day of Christmas guys! Today I have a yummy treat from my friend Kim at Cravings of a Lunatic. Her blog is full of delicious recipes you're sure to love! And here she is!
I am so pleased to be here guest posting for Chelsea today. I'm
going to be honest folks, I seldom guest post for people. It makes me
all kinds of nervous so I only do them once in a blue moon. The pressure
tends to get to me. I second guess every decision and stress myself
out. Plus I never know how much to edit myself other blogs. I tend to
have an "if I think it, I say it" attitude. So I worry my snarkiness will not translate well on other sites. But I'm throwing caution to the wind today. Why? Well for Chelsea of course. She's awesomely fantastic
and cute as a button. So today I'm not going to worry if my photos
could be better or my big mouth is going to get me in trouble. What's a
little snarky attitude amongst friends.
Here's
another confession for you all. I am not done my holiday shopping. I
know right! This is completely unacceptable from the chick who used to
have her Christmas shopping done by April every year. One year I did it
all in January when all the sales were slamming good. The problem with
that is as the hooligans get older it's harder to choose things that far
in advance. Or if something malfunctions you can't return it. So every
year the kids got older I shopped later in the season. Now that they are
24 and 18 I'm shopping moments before the stores close on the 24th.
It's a sad state of affairs. One more year and we might be celebrating
Christmas on New Year's. Apparently the mama needs to get her act
together.
We
also have the challenge of trying to organize a time when all 4 of us
are free so we can decorate the tree. Let's just say I don't have a tree
at this point in time. I'm really not Scrooge, I just have insanely
busy kids. B-Dude flew in from Calgary on Monday but hubs had to
go out-of-town for work on Tuesday. So we will be picking out our tree
on mini-me's birthday
this year. Happy Birthday Mini-me, here's your birthday christmas tree.
Yup, we're all kinds of weird here at the Bee household. It's hilarious
to those who know me well. I'm usually one of those folks that has the
tree up early and a different "themed" tree in every room of the house.
All the ornaments are usually home-made. I give tons of home-made gifts.
I used to be Martha on steroids. Somewhere along the line I've lost my
Christmas mojo. I need to find it. But first I need a nap.
One
thing that always happens no matter how busy or lazy we are over the
holidays is making cookies. Coconut macaroon no bake cookies get made
every single year. It's tradition and dates back to me being a teenager.
This year I just happened upon the coolest bag of coconut M&M's. I
stowed them away for safe keeping until the holidays. I just knew they
would be awesome in my coconut macaroon cookies. I am so glad I held
onto them. These are some over the top yummy cookies. You can do them in
a jar to give as gifts. I mean if you're "one of those kind of people".
You know, the kind who is organized and on the ball. Not the kind that
curls up to nap every afternoon.
Double Coconut Macaroon Cookies:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup shortening
3 cups oats
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup coconut
3/4 cup coconut M & M's
Optional:
1/2 cup of mini M & M's
Directions:
In
a large pot combine your sugar and cocoa. Cook on low heat, slowly add
the milk to this and stir until all the sugar dissolves.
Now
bring to a boil, add your shortening and oats and stir quickly. Cook
for about 1 to 2 minutes more, remove from heat and continue to mix
until well combined.
Add the vanilla, salt, and coconut and mix well.
Add your coconut M & M's now and mix.
With a spoon drop onto a parchment lined cookie sheet and let cool.
Once almost cool you can add extra mini M & M's for extra pops of holiday cheer.
Serve with a big old coconut smile!
If you would like to give these as gifts in jars you can add all the dry
ingredients in the jar and then place a tag on the jar with
instructions how to make them. They adapt well to be a dump it all in,
kitchen sink type of cookie. I would just tell people to scoop out the
coconut and M & M's and add those after they are done cooking. But
everything else can be done in one fell swoop. You would have them
follow these instructions if doing a jar cookie:
"Combine
1/2 cup milk and 1/2 cup shortening in a large pot and cook over medium
heat until shortening melts. Add all the ingredients to the pot and
stir until well combined. Drop cookies onto a parchment lined cookie
sheet. Allow to cool. Garnish with extra M & M's if desired. Enjoy!"
I
would like to thank Chelsea so much for inviting me to her blog for the
holidays. It's been an absolute pleasure working with this young lady.
Anyone who loves pink as much as I do is a friend for life. Add to that
her motto is to indulge and we're like soul mates or something. I'm a
big believer in living large for time to time. Life is meant to be
enjoyed, especially around the holidays.
Toodles and smoochies! xx
Thanks so much Kim! I LOVE that these fabulous cookies can be made into a fun gift!
