What's Cookin'?

 I've been somewhat of a lazy cook since Thanksgiving, but we've kind of been on the go. On Monday, DH had an appointment in one town and drove another 2 hours to another town to look at some pipe.

I was in town on Tuesday to meet a friend for lunch and a long visit and to run a couple of quick errands. DH worked on some plumbing at the barn.

Wednesday, DH was gone again to pick up the load of pipe for fence and the orchard

Thursday, DH drove to Canyon (4 hours one way), to pick up our horse trailer that we had taken in for a new floor. Well that was the plan until it snowed so we spent the morning burning and tending to brush piles.

So Friday we made the 8 hour round trip to get the trailer. 

Saturday was the 1st day of a 5 day elk hunt for my father-in-law. So we were up at 3:30 and drove to their home. I stayed with my mother-in-law and put out some Christmas decorations for her, did a little cleaning, and cooked for them. My MIL was upset because she was certain someone had stolen her little Christmas tree. I spent quite a bit of time hunting in the attic and was successful in finding the tree and lights. I ordered the missing star and it should arrive tomorrow.

While searching for the missing tree, I discovered a huge bin of Christmas fabrics and I would LOVE to make Christmas quilts for the kids from this bin. I think they would be extra special to both kids. My MIL no longer sews, but she's not quite ready to let things go just yet and I want to respect her wishes, but I felt like I jad opened a treasure chest. 🥰

That evening, I had another event I attended that I'll post about on Wednesday.

So I titled this post What's Cookin' so you're probably thinking so what DID she cook?

The day I was in town, I just made some Taco meat and grated some cheese so DH could have a Taco Salad or Tacos (an old photo)

I made Pumpkin Pie Spice Snickerdoodles

Then I made 4 batches of Whiskey Praline Pecans

I made a big batch of Sloppy Joes, coleslaw and fried potatoes on Saturday at my in-laws.

Then I made these Sugar Crack Cookies for the first time

Yesterday we were back at my in-laws'. I fixed Cornpone Pie, corn, and a salad

Cinnamon Apple Twists with ice cream for dessert

And in an attempt to keep my MIL engaged I asked her to help me with some baking. She used to do so much, but no longer does any and I knew they would enjoy some familiar Christmas favorites...we started with Pecan-Rolo-Pretzals

And then moved to Peanut Clusters (recycling an old photo)

I got a smile out of her so I'm calling that a win

Today, as this posts we will be making fudge.