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We had a busy weekend, but a great one because it included driving up to see my sister-in-law receive her PhD. I spent Friday morning with my baking pants on, whipping up some white chocolate macadamia nut cookies and brown bottom cupcakes.
The latter were inspired by Meg at Borrowed Heaven, I read about them on her blog last week and the concept of a cupcake with the frosting 'in' the cupcake stuck with me and seemed like a good option for traveling. I used this recipe and doubled it for a larger crowd. They turned out great-- for some reason my cupcakes rarely fluff up on top, instead they sink down in the middle a bit, but they still tasted great.
My absolute favorite part of any cookie baking experience is sneaking a taste {or ten} from the mixer once the butter, sugars and vanilla extract are combined, but before the eggs go in.
For the white chocolate macadamia nut cookies I always use the recipe on the back of the Ghirardelli white chocolate chip bag because it's simple and delicious. If I had to pick a favorite cookie, these would be them. I was sure to save a dozen of these to keep at home...plus we may have stolen a couple from the box on the car ride up.
Any time I'm in the kitchen you can bet my little partner in crime isn't far away.
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The rest of the day was spent eating scones and drinking tea/coffee while catching up on our DVR, grocery shopping and making dinner. Cooking together is one of my favorite activities and we hadn't been doing it much lately so it felt nice to be in the kitchen together. We made this veggie burger recipe and sweet potato fries, the perfect, quiet end to a busy weekend.
How was your weekend?



