Winter fun

Wind dropped & temperatures rose to a lovely -17, so time for a sledding meet! There was already a fire started & spruce boughs laid when we arrived. So by the pale sunset & darkening skies we took a few runs then settled by the fire with hot chocolate to keep the chills away. Enjoying the amazing view over a frozen solid Great Bear Lake & Little Lake; watching skidoos making way back towards town. 

 

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.