-33 degrees Celsius with -43 wind chill. Brrrrr!! The kidlets got to stay home from school as it closes with -40 windchill.
A frosty frosty doorknob inside the mud room. Not too fun having to put ones bare hand on that bad boy as I couldn't turn it with my mittens on :(
So needless to say it has been a keep cozy day with freshly baked yummy chewy Pecan Toffee cookies :)
Chewy
Pecan Toffee Cookies
375 degrees – 10-12min.
Cream together til light & fluffy:
1
cup shortening
1
½ cups sugar
2
eggs
2tsps vanilla
Stir in & blend well:
2
cups flour
Pinch
of salt
1
tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 nutmeg
Add:
¾
cup toffee bits
¾
cup broken pecan pieces
Roll
into 2 logs, wrap in saran wrap & freeze for an hour or up to 1 month. Cut into 1.5 – 2 cm slices while waiting for
oven to preheat to 375 degrees. Place cookie rounds on parchment paper &
bake for 10 to 12 minutes. When they are removed from the oven they will still
be a tad gooey & fragile, let sit 5 – 10 minutes before moving to cooling
rack.