www.caughtredthreaded.com A plate of warm sugar cookies! Baby, it's cold outside!  It's so cold that my car won't start, which means I won't make my favorite pilates class .  This is the kids first day back at school after a derailed holiday break.  We were scheduled to travel the midwest, visiting Grandparents.  Instead, fevers kept us at home.  This was the first winter break that we have not been with family.  We were home relaxing, watching movies, playing board and card games, and I did a lot of sewing (none of which you'll find on Caught Red Threaded ... and I can't even post photos because it's all a baby gift for my future niece/nephew). Back to the car not starting.  It's been a windchill of -30 or colder for the last 10 days.  About 6 days ago I had to keep my car out of the garage until further notice because it's so cold outside the garage door won't open without a great deal of human assistance.  I wish Click and Clac...

These are REALLY GOOD cookies.  This recipe is why this box of recipes exists.  It is the best example so far, of the true greatness that can come from tried and true recipes, honed over decades or generations. To begin, cream together the butter and sugar, just as in most baking recipes.  Next, add the egg and vanilla.  To that stir in all dry ingredients.  Bake at 350* for 8-10 minutes.  It's that easy! I could go on for another 1000 words about how great cookies are, but these really do speak for themselves.  My only regret is that I never tried them when Lala made them.  As for others remembering her cookies, Lala was known for her Toll House Chocolate Chip cookies.  From what my Dad says, the recipe on the back of the bag is what she used, and only ever Toll House chocolate chips.  But this recipe is different.  Sure, it is a chocolate chip cookie, but she includes nuts and raisins (I used pecans and craisins because that...

My apologies go out to anyone who has been chomping at the bit for me to post a new blog.  I realize it's been a long time since my last entry.  Life sometimes has a way of getting ahead of me.  I'm sure you've been there as well, where there are only 24 hours in the day but if there were 30... One of the projects I was involved with in the last five months was helping my parents clean out their long-time home to ready it for the real estate market.  When I say help, I mean in a very limited capacity as I live in another state, and that THEY did the bulk of the work.  Considering that my Dad was in hospice less than two years ago and my Mom has knee troubles, cleaning out the family home of 48 years was nothing short of a miracle, some may say "miracles" is their legacy.  And speaking of legacies, my Paternal Grandmother has left her recipes for us in a box that is 12"x8"x8".  It's filled with hand-written recipes spanning much of the 20th ...