Egg-free cookies!!!

So something that you should know is that the little man is allergic to eggs, which makes baked goods kind of complicated.  When asked to bring something to any kind of event I always made desserts, it's what I'm good at.  However, over the last couple of years baking has become somewhat of a headache where the little man is concerned.  I am glad that I only have to worry about eggs, it is easier then what we were originally told (which was pretty much everything).

Anyways, I have tried some egg free chocolate chip cookies in the past.  I brought them to our big Thanksgiving gathering last year and the teenage boys demolished them, sadly, the husband wasn't a fan so I've been looking for another recipe ever since.  Last weekend I found this lovely recipe that I thought I would try.  The problem with other cookies that I tried was that they all required cream cheese or sour cream, neither of which we normally have in the house.  These cookies are made with things that everybody should have in their house.

While reading through the recipe I thought it was odd that you added the flour before the "liquids" so I switched it to the way that you normally make cookies..... Turns out that they stay crumbly that way so I added an 1/8th cup of milk to get them to stay together.  I split the batch in half and put chocolate chips in half (for the hubby) and mini reese's pieces in the other (for me, since I have the terrible affliction of a chocolate allergy).  They turned out great, the only problem 2 days later and all but a couple of the chocolate chips ones are gone :(  Apparently 24 isn't enough to fill the void that has come from not getting cookies in 2 years for the little man.

The cookies might not look completely finished when you take them out, but let them sit on the pan for a little bit and they turn out GREAT!  The little man learned a new word, "Cookie!"

He tends to shy away from chocolate, but I'm pretty sure thats because when Daddy is gone there isn't any in the house and here recently Daddy has been gone a lot.





Daddy's cookies, before he started stealing them from the pan.












Hope you find these as delicious as we did.  Now to make some more tomorrow!

Finally Made the Reversible Tote Bag

Back in August when I went to stay with my sister in Florida we were teaching her girls from church how to sew reversible tote bags.  Due to some sewing machine difficulties I was unable to make mine so I brought the fabric home with me.  I am proud to say that 10 months later I finally made the bag :)   After making this bag today I can't figure out why I waited so long.  It is a very simple project that, if you don't have a small distraction running around, can be completed in about an hour.
You can find the tutorial here: http://www.skiptomylou.org/2009/07/17/how-to-make-a-simple-reversible-totebag/

These are not normal fabrics that I would have picked out, but one of the girls we were teaching wanted the fabrics I had chosen.  I must say though that I think they are pretty cute.

Hello

I'm thinking that this will be a good way for me to be able to share all the projects that I make with people that want to see them instead of me just posting random pictures on FaceBook.  I'm going to start with some that I have already made, and some that I have already had to fix :(

Hope you enjoy seeing all of my successful projects turn out, and learn from some of my failures (like flightsuits fray like there is no tomorrow).