Last night we celebrated by going out for our anniversary, sharing two delicious plates at our favorite gastropub. The food was so amazing that I've included the meal descriptions below. We drank flavorful fancy beer, and ended with creme brulee topped with winter fruits. YUM yum yum. An anniversary would not be complete without Star Trek (original series), and was accompanied by Parks and Rec for a good laugh.
Surly Bender Short Rib
root vegetables, truffled cauliflower, horseradish
Silk Handkerchief Pasta
creamy tomato sauce, pine nuts, pecorino
Note: if you want to taste Christmas in the form of beer, try Bell's Christmas Ale!
Today we have another great lineup of meals, beer tastings, and celebrations with family. We are even going out to see live music tonight, too. And today is only the first day of break! So exciting.
Now it is time to give props to my BFF, who knows SB and I so well that she gave us a gift for Christmas that, had we known it existed, we would have bought immediately....Star Trek cookie cutters! Genius. In addition to making sugar cookies yesterday with these new little gems, I also made my favorite cookies from my childhood day care. I've included the recipe below. Try them out!
1 stick butter
1 c. brown sugar
1 c. half and half
3 c. graham cracker crumbs
2 c. chopped walnuts
2 c. mini chocolate chips
4 hershey bars, each little rectangle broken in half
(you'll need mini baking foils/cups and a mini muffin pan - for making bite-size muffins)
Cream butter and brown sugar. Add all remaining ingredients (except hershey bar pieces). Place spoonfuls of mixture into foil/paper cups so that they are mostly full. Bake 10-12 minutes, place a hershey piece on each, and put in the oven for 2 more minutes or so. I used the back of a spoon to spread the chocolate over the top of each cookie. Let cool on a wire rack - note that the chocolate on top takes a while to dry. Serve once fully cooled. They are also good when they've been stored in the fridge.
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