Sophieโs Best Holiday Cookie Recipes
Every year, Sophie takes over the kitchen at Hope's Crossing Kennels to bake
batch after batch of holiday treats for her friends and family. She could bake
at her apartment, but the kitchen at Hope's Crossing is bigger. Boom loves to
help out and all the adults like to pass through the kitchen to snitch a cookie
or two as they go through their work day. There's always new recipes to try but
she always bakes her meltaway snowball cookies.
And of course, Sophie bakes for the dogs of Hope's Crossing Kennels too. She'd
never leave a soul out of the festivities.
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Sophie's Melt Away Snow Balls (for humans!)
Ingredients:
- 2 cups Flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter, cold
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup miniature chocolate chips
- Powdered Sugar
Directions:
Heat oven to 400 degrees F
In large bowl combine flour, powdered sugar and salt.
Using pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Add vanilla and or mini chocolate chips. Mix with hands to form smooth dough.
Using about a Tbsp of dough, shape into 1 inch balls.
Place on ungreased cookie sheets and bake at 400 degrees F for 14 to 17 minutes
until firm to touch but not brown.
Cool 1 minute or less and remove from cookie sheets.
Carefully roll in powdered sugar while still warm.
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Sophie's Holiday Dog Treats
(recipe source: mybakingaddiction.com)
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of canned or fresh sweet potato
- 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour, brown rice flour, or gluten free flour
- 1 egg (beaten)
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350ยฐF.
Combine ingredients in a large bowl until dough forms.
Roll dough into small balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
Press dough down slightly so the biscuits are about about 1/4 inch thick. You
can get creative with shapes: hearts, bones, etc.
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Between one moment and the next, he was right there next to her, kneeling so
they were face to face. She let out the air in her lungs in a rush, not sure of
what she wanted to do or what he was planning to do. She parted her lips but
didnโt say anything, didnโt want to put another question out there for him to
address before he answered the one she really wanted to know.
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very adult version of her whoโd been waiting for him all this time.
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