OmNom mittens begin.....

Beaded OmNom mitts - black outline to start, more to fill in.  

Went to the town craft store yesterday. This store is only open sometimes - you must check if the padlock is undone & that there is smoke coming from the chimney. A small log cabin with a wood stove in the middle & the ceiling dripping with peeling paint. Surrounding shelves built into the wall house hanks of seed beads in most sizes, stroud, needles & other beading & sewing treasures. 

These are the beauties I picked up :) 

Chilly Chilly Brr Brr with Pecan Toffee Cookies

-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.