{Holiday Baking}

I know this post is slightly overdue,.... but better late than never right? I just had to share these pictures. My Mom and I did some holiday baking when I went home for Christmas. I think we got a little too ambitious,.... I was only home for 4 days and we had what seemed like hundreds of cookies that we wanted to make!

This is the dough for Spritz that I died green and red,..... and then we never made. :)

Check out this OLD cookbook that my Mom has! I photographed this page because I remember it from my childhood. I always thought those Galaxy Cookies were sooooo neat looking and always wanted to make them, but we never did. I guess we will have to get on that, just for fun one day.

We were also going to make these Rosettes,.... never did. :)

This is the making of Rozki. Super Secret Recipe,.... sorry.

And these are Date Filled Cookies. YUM.

It appears that I never took any pictures of the actual baked cookies. Not sure what happened there, sorry about that, but you can imagine what these turned out like,.... yup, DELICIOUS.

{We're Having A,....}

BOY!!!!!

So I made cupcakes! :) Aren't they adorable? I have already spent way too much time online searching for the perfect fabric for his room. Can't wait to meet this little guy! :)

{Carnegie Deli, NYC}

I was considering leaving this wordless and letting the pictures speak for themselves,...but alas, I do think an explanation is in order here.

While in NYC, we stopped for lunch at Carnegie Deli. Okay, okay, we didn't exactly "stop in". We had to wait in a really long line to eat there, but I'd say after the angry old ladies in front of us stepped out of line, it was well worth it. :)

We received this lovely assortment of pickles for a pre-lunch munchie. Hmmm,... not really sure about these. Notice, there are a few in there that were bitten, and returned to the plate.

This is MY sandwich. I know what you're thinking, but rest assured, these people called it a sandwich. Corned Beef on rye with swiss, coleslaw and dressing to be exact. I think this was actually intended for like three lunches or maybe three people.

But no, I managed to finish mostly all of my sandwich all on my own! (minus a slice or two of the beef).

When you eat here with four people, you will be seated at a 6 person table where they will also seat a party of two. Yeah, FAMILY STYLE! :)

We were all completely amazed by this ridiculously HUGE food! This is an egg sandwich that one of our neighbors dined on. (looking so scrumptious, I might give that a try next time,... once I'm hungry again).

And this was also one of our neighbors sammies. Or, whatever you like to call this. (later a BLT went walking by and had like 2 lbs of bacon,.... I'm from Texas,... not EVERYTHING is bigger there).

Oh, after we totally gorged ourselves on pickles and giant, mutant sandwiches we proceeded to stretch our bellies further with DESSERT. WHAT?!?!?!

NEW YORK STYLE CHEESE CAKE!! (duh)

and a little chocolate mousse and cherries thrown in there too!

It didn't stand a chance.

It's a new week people. (wish it was a new weekend). ;)