Cookies Part I

Julia and I made spritz before the others and I made the chocolate cookies with peppermints.  My first batch of dough was too dry for the press.  It lead to a lot of angst and ire on my part.  We ended up making a new batch of butter dough and a new batch of chocolate dough which we rolled in sprinkles instead of powdered sugar.  They were delicious - but the spritz still didn't want to stick to the pan and it gave me even more angst and ire.  We ended up making a semi-shortbread with the dough that was slightly dry a few days afterward... I couldn't bring myself to throw it out. 

According to Grandma Sarah, we needed to chill our metal cookie sheet to help the dough stick.  And the batch I made using that trick worked fabulously.  So much for my parchment paper and baking stone.

Lucky for me, Julia still had fun with me.  Regardless of the angst and ire.