I Love the Smell of Food Cooking in My Kitchen

I’ve had to help Rob off and on with the bathroom tiling project this past week but I managed to do some cooking and baking too in my new kitchen. I tried out some new recipes I got online and I wanted to share some of them because they are too good to keep to myself!

Apricot Cream Cheese Thumbprints- I may have a new favorite cookie. These were so good. You make up the dough and then let it chill for an hour which I didn’t realize at first. Luckily, I was making 3 different kinds of cookies that night so I just put the dough in the fridge and moved on to the next batch. They would be great with raspberry preserves too which I will try next time I make them. They were a little time consuming with having to roll the dough into little balls and then smash them with your finger and add the preserves but well worth the time.

Chocolate Chip Cookies- This was a really good recipe for me because I like them kind of thick, not all greasy and thin like they turn out if you use the recipe on the back of the bag of chocolate chips. Mine had a little bit of a funny flavor but I used pure vanilla instead of vanilla extract since that was all I had. I cut it way back because I figured the pure stuff was way more potent but they still tasted a little off I thought. I will definitely use this recipe again but I’ll make sure I have the vanilla extract before I do.

Chicken Parmesan- We had this for dinner last night and it was yummy. It’s a great meal, especially for during the work week since it was so easy and quick. I don’t have much to say about the recipe besides they won’t fit in the 8-inch square pan. I tried and got 2 of them in and that was it so I switched them to a bigger dish. Oh, and I cooked them on a cookie sheet lined with foil first, when I was just cooking them with the Shake N' Bake.