Christmas Cookies + More Bake With Me! So Good, Good Enough!

hello party people today we’re gonnamake some cookies Christmas decoratingI have nothing festive on but there’s notime there’s no time we’re running outof time it’s Christmas Eve the Sun GoesDown and like 2 p.m. I tried to filmyesterday at no joke 10 p.m. I thoughtI’d wait am I gonna have time to makecookies from money if this is the mostimportant time I mean this is the mostimportant thing to do during theholidays am i rightcookies I’m making these for ourneighbors / bringing them to all theChristmas festivities that we’re goingto we’ve got a Christmas Eve party wehave two Christmases to go to tomorrowand then a bonus Christmas the day afterso hopefully I make enough I’m gonnadouble all these recipes what are wemaking you might be asking yourself theclassics really snowball cookies I meancome onthe dough is eggless so you can eat asmuch as you want not that that everstops me anyway Salmonella I dare youbrownie crinkle cookies another holidayclassic it’s a fave oh my one of thebest cookies I’ve ever had I found outabout the brownie crinkle cookie at alike Christmas cookie trade what do theycall that when you like go in with onecookie and you leave with like 50different assortments anyway I said whatthe heck this is my favoritesugar-coated pecans always a holidaystaple and then classic chocolate chipcookies if I don’t get to making thebatter I still have some frozen fromwhen I was pregnant and made a ton I’mnot gonna lie I’ve been eating thecookie dough don’t tell anyone okayOh in bonus I got this Griffiths familywhere I was living book oh my goshMissy sent this to me and good lord Iwas flipping through it it was like Alexsaid what’s your favorite thing that yougot I was like the recipe book you knowlike why is this so exciting I’m gettingold okay that’s when you know you’re inyour 30s you like recipe books I found aspecial recipe that I thought I wouldbringto my holiday gatherings if I can findit here it ismarshmallow brownies say what so I amgoing I know you’re not supposed to makesomething new to bring to places but Idon’t care have you met me I don’t carewe’re just gonna roll up our sleeves youlike my ranch sweater I guess I do havesomething festive on hey we’re gonnamake this and then all the cookies Ihave had the butter sitting outbasically for 24 hours is that healthy Ithink it’s fine so what do I need I’mjust gonna get it you know the bakingessentials and my crooked I’m so sorryflour oh my the way I just clean out mybaking cabinet listen to the angels singjust kidding it’s not that great Ishared it with you on like Instagram butyou know I think that’s a little meanout of there oh maybe some vanillaalmond maybe oh this is flour I hope Ihave enough flour oh I’m pretty sure Ihave some in my freezer outside okayyeah butter Oh many marshmallows oh butwait I’m gonna make two of them I needtwo bags we were trying to hide themaway from Wentworth because he likesmells the sugar and can get intoanything this morning he got intosprinkles and I was like where’d you myneeds I still have no idea where theycame from13:17 meet a couple pans found them Ithink I know I have another one with alid but I just don’t feel like openingthe box oh I got this for Thanksgivingand never used it I guess there’s notime like the presentI don’t even know why this is as good atime as any how I might have to washthis aren’t IOhfine I’ll wash it if you were in here Iprobably wouldn’t have done that okayI’m gonna need a couple of bowls – I’mso prepared I’m at breadwho says cooking isn’t cardio sugar saltsugar wait whatit says in a medium bowl beat sugar soldand eggs together what about the butterOh melt the butter things are gettinginterestingI don’t feel like melting the butterthis is more extensive than browniesfrom a box okay sugar salt mix for theeggs yeah oh good lordtwo cups of sugar 2 cups okay hey listenif the griffithseat it it’s they look good right also Irecently started watching Ruby she’slike my ultimate favorite she’s like whoI want to be when I grow up/ I’m already grown so there’s thatthere ghosts that trainoh gosh those two cups I got to stopmyself can i some sugar water clean thecabinet I have no idea where stuff isanyway what I was trying to say is Iwant to be equipment can they adopt meinto their family I feel like everyonein that family is just so like that youknownot this oh I also cleaned out mysilverware drawer all kinds of cleaningand organizing going onin a whiff enough because cleaning isthe best part of the holiday season am irightoh my gosh the guests are coming overand make sure under the stink is cleanthey’re not going to look under yoursink and if they do they’re crazy thinkthat’s on them not you I don’t know howlong I’m supposed to let that go for butit’s looking pretty nice one and a halfcups of flour you add you shouldprobably add this separately like theflour and baking powder together buthave you met me then one and a halfteaspoons of baking powder with that’mother-of-pearl I just realized I’mdoubling the recipe but I’m not doublingthe recipe darn it you know what howdoes your holiday going it’s been prettytricky for me to get in the holidayspirit and I don’t know if it’s becauseI have a newborn like three other kidswith all of their birthdays withinThanksgiving and then just afterChristmas it’s a lot it’s a lot tohandle and then gifts on top of that somany things the holidays are busy enoughand then add in the chaos of our familyand we when you see Christmas lightslast night though that was nice really Ijust want to talk to you andprocrastinate not making a second batchwhat did they don’t turn out good maybeI just want to make one batch am ijustifying my mistake I’m just gonnamelt the butter ghosts and milk butteron a saucepan and add the cocoa who hastime to wash a pot one cup of butter andtwo cups of sugar how could this nottaste delicious you know you can greasethe pans with those four tablespoons ofcocoa powder the cocoa powder is gettingme in the holiday spirit this smellslike Christmas to me chocolate justmakes me happy I have to clean mymicrowave before the guests come I haveto sweep and Bob but who cares oh mygosh speaking of who cares there are acouple people that I have yet to buygifts for like I said it’s Christmas Eveam I gonna run to the store and get themsomething probably but really at thispoint I just feel like whatever I haveis good enough because who cares that’snot what Christmas is about my favoritepart of Christmasit’s not the gifts it’s not like Iexpect other people to get gifts for meI just enjoy spending time with them soI’m thinking they probably have the samementality as me they don’t care aboutthe ten dollar gift I’m gonna get themthey care about spending time with meand my family so I’m saying whatever togifts cuz I’m over it I’m over it what’snextbut oh I should have preheat the ovendang it don’t look at my microwave it’sa mess do i preheat it to oh it doesn’tsay 350 I’m sure they had someoneproofread this to make sure thetemperature was on there alrightmelt butter and cocoa then add vanillathis better be so good how can it not beliterally two cups of sugar andchocolate all right that’s nice andmelted and then the vanilla I don’t havevanilla extract but I do have this fancyvanilla bean paste just gonna toss someof that in there hmm you know what thiswas fairly simple oh my gosh that cocoabutter smells delicious I’m kind ofupset at myself for not doubling therecipe I’m just preoccupied I have beenvery overwhelmed lately that may havesomething to do it was pardon or justthe holidays I don’t know there has beena time in my life where I have been sooverwhelming stressed out that my bodybroke out in a rashit’s crazy what our bodies can do youknow I mean are you breaking out in arash you can blame the holidays am Isupposed to mix this what’s happeningwait spread batter onto a cookie sheet Ineed a cookie sheet too bad mmm thissmells so good oh wow yep yep this mightbe a holiday staple after this you knowyou know what my isn’t there like onetree at the holidays that you alwayslook forward to whether you’re like auntBetsy always makes it and you’re like ohI hope aunt Betsy brings this today forme that dish Ihad in years but it used to be my auntJudy’s but I don’t even know what it’scalled because I tried to look it up onPinterest it’s like a pudding with somekind of maybe graham cracker in themiddle of it but it was always so likeweird but delicious at the same time Idon’t know the recipe if I had it Iwould share it with you guysthis is taken longer than I thought tomix okay and might I add it is lookingdelicious I don’t want to get thiscookbook dirty it’s inevitable thoughreally your bet gonna grease the bottomof the pan wait now I’m wondering isthis big enough you betyou’ll work with what you have okaythat’s the motto that’s my motto goodenough so we’re gonna toss this in oh Iwish I was a Griffis okay 25 to 30minutes it took me about five hours tofind these walnuts finally found themand then I started the sugar balls she’sso balls right in there cobble and Irealized I need to make a double batchof the Bronx let me whip that up reallyquick two cups of sugar salt eggs let’sdouble it that worked out no shells it’sall I care about one cup of butter cocoapowder one baking powder can’t forgetthe vanilla this perfect oh my goshthere’s frosting I need to make afterthis my head is spinning it’s gonna beso good will this ruin the eggsdo I need to temperate it’s not in theinstructions I’m making a mess over hereyou guys can see how this comes togetherpretty crazy sure I could put this youput my KitchenAid attachment I don’tknow why I’m doing it by hand because Ilike to waste my time I guess time meansnothing on Christmas am i right oh yeahlook at thatOh perfect timing the oven is ready[Music]oh look at thatmaybe I should have used a cookie sheetlike the instructions said I will goodenough moving on finally put thesnowballs are nice gluten free or dothey have sugar I wrote down the recipeand buy sugar I meant flour and it doesokay I figure if I a lot myself 20minutes per recipe I’ll be in here for24 days 6 to long how many recipes do Ihave 5 maybe 10 minutes a recipe I’mpretty sure I need my food processor forthis into the labyrinthoh my gosh you guys that cabinet for meis like Monica’s closet okayI thought about organizing it and then Ithought no two cups of walnut and youcrush them and if you don’t have a foodprocessor or don’t feel like washing itor pulling it out you can do this in aziplock bag and then beat it with arolling pin just as good you know I justrealized I want to double this recipetoo so you can never make enough ofthese are so goodmy thing oh that’s magic right there I’mjust gonna dump it in two more cups andI feel like my dad used to make these orsome kind of cookies similar to this andwe called them surprise cookies becausesurprise they’re deliciousI know people have different names forthem that’s all I’m saying I’m startingto make butter here I just I lost mymind and just let it go oh why did I dothat I hope that doesn’t ruinme anyway a rose by any other name am iright just as sweet yeah that’s butterright there whatever gonna need fivecups of flourare you sure you don’t have five cups offlour in here but we can see what we dohave I’m gonna have to go to the garageand get more nothing can be easyKenneth at least I stocked up right Ican at least be happy about that I don’thave to run to the store or order onInstagram five cups oh how many did Ialready add two three good wonderfulgreat two sticks of butter but thatmeans you’re an entire pound did I losea stick this recipe is gonna be just asgood as brownies this is a lot of butterI don’t know if my KitchenAid can handleall this but uh I don’t think you’reready for this jelly and look one cup ofbutter I mean sugar am I supposed tocream it whatever we’re just gonna rollwith it I don’t think so things aremaking things are getting messy nowlooking pretty this is what we’reworking with I made a mess grab thetowel oh my gosh a big hunk of chunkfell out that’s good enough right handsdo that done in there I think so looksgood I’ll show you the thing I haven’tslept yet all of this deliciousness okaygood so now is the fun partokay I don’t know if I rolled them intoballs first and then put them in thefridge or last time I just cooked himright awayI’m a mess this is the movie I’m justgonna cook him right away because whohas time to wait for the dough to chillknow what thisis what Christmas is all about this workgood whoa don’t spread out when you’recooking so I’m gonna put them prettyclose together and this dough is crazysoft so I’m gonna chill the doughbecause last time I made them not thatit really matters but the bottoms theyweren’t like snowballs they were likesnow domes the bottoms got flat I meantasty nonetheless am i right I said Iwas gonna spread them out but I’mputting them exactly on the circles I’mpretty sure you can also make thesecookies with almonds or pecans I thinklast time I ate them with pecans I don’tknow though because I looked back at therecipe it might be in my recipe bookeven and it said walnuts so I boughtsome walnuts so there’s that what areyou guys planning on doing for NewYear’s since I know this video will beout just for for New Year’s New Year’sright am I saying that right wetypically don’t really do much for NewYear’s new year happy new yearright sleep deprivation is still gettingto me okay guys a lot of you were likeoh my gosh how are you doing it withtwenty kidswell I only have four kids so there’sthat but also I’m not I’m not doing itall I just do what I can I think doctorbottom line we all just do the best thatwe canthat’s all we can do you know all rightI don’t know if these silicone mats aregonna work out I feel like as I go theballs are getting bigger so I’m justgonna finish rolling the balls I haveseven minutes to do so to keep up withmy 20-minute per cookie but technicallythis is two batches of cookies but notreally it’s one recipe whatever I had toget the flour and stuffI’m on my way I’m in motion let’s go tothe oceanlet’s go outside we can hang out on thebeach without breathingisn’t that amazinga nor’easter will be chilling and havinga good good time[Music]my friendsmake[Music]so it took me a little longer than sevenminutes just about yeah I don’t know thetimer went off maybe like eight minutesthat one’s bigand this one’s me just one two what thatdelicious I mean that we met nope you’rejust the host don’t look down at allfive more minutes and then what do I doI don’t know what to do Oh sugar coatedpecans but I need my big tray for thatlet’s just get it restarted oh my god Ilook I told you guys I looked everywherefor the walnuts here’s another bagmother so you know how sugar-coatedpecans are like fifty dollars when yougo to a fair you’re not going to believehow simple they are to make I didn’twrite the recipe down because they’rejust so simple I thought I couldremember it this my recipe book is sadthis is sad one day I’ll organize it oneday all right here it is sugar-coated Pcons do you guys say pecans or pecansbecause this is a pecan to me because myparents grew up in the north no but Iknow of yourself if you grew up in thesouth you say pecan I don’t okay movingon double this recipe – should I doublethis recipe you sure went up what do IdoZiploc bag oh now I’m second-guessingmyself it’s it pecans that I needed orwalnuts and I just bought extra let mecheck and make sure I have walnuts okaythis has happened before last in thefreezer but do I have six cups in here Iguess I should check that first huh Idon’t want to just do itit’s my measuring cup where is mymeasuring cupare you dirty gonna use it I guess notI had to look I bet you’d sin with theflower there it is buried under amountain of flower I have to get it it’smy favorite measuring cup it’s really mythe only one I use all right okay whatdo we need 6 cups oh I might have barely6 up to come back 1 2 3 4 Oh sad day letme see your peacock ok I’m still gonnado them all I don’t care what you sayyou’re not the boss of me I do what Iwant what do I put in this bag I forgotcups of sugar I did just shy of 2 cupsand the ominous beeping me maybe that isdone I don’t know it’s wiggling aroundthat can’t be done it’s like it’s likegigolos you know oh two tablespoons ofcinnamon if you saw my interest storieswhen I was organizing this I found gluein this cabinet and I was like what doesglow doing in there I remembered why itwas in there because in my head at thetime it made sense to put it in therewhat’s that noise again nails on achalkboard oh okay this cinnamon puts mein the holiday spirit because it justfeels like the holidays really it soundsmore like fall than Christmas you knowit’s less Foresti and more Starbuckspumpkin spice two tablespoons just seemslike I need more anyway did I finish mystory I put the glue the next to thecinnamon because my plan was to makecinnamon ornaments I ran out of timetime we took we made other ornaments youwant to see any warrants that we makehere they are crafting is so much funit’s like 10% the child’s work 90% theadults work this took me anembarrassingly long time to put togetherwhoever gets these from us butter loveus forever and appreciate my handiworkwhatever needs so I just realizedwhere’s the songnot gone to the bathroom since thismorning that’s what happens during theholidays you just get so busy you holdit all day you mix this up in the bagit’s super simple the brownies arereally holding up my cooking processwhat’s the one activity that you doduring the holidays that make you feellike yes I love this I don’t haveanother Bowl and I don’t want a dirtyone I need to separate an egg I need anegg for me it has seen Christmas lightsand we did that last night and it was ajoy I need the white in this bowl yeahwhat am I going to do with this egg yolkI guess use it for breakfast tomorrowbut will i Lord oh you know what that’swhat happens when you don’t listen torecipes because it’s said to use acookie sheet this is my home no one toblame but this girl why I’m not aGriffin what was in this bowloh the pecans I was like there’ssomething filthy in this bowl oh waitwe’re doubling the recipe I need twoeggsthanks for reminding me where would I bewithout you I was like how am I gonnaput all those pecans in there all rightyou just frost the egg whites untilthey’re frothy this is gonna take up mywhole 20 minutes per recipe you knowthanks to teaspoons water 2 teaspoonsvanilla sook herb don’t spill it don’tspill it everybody’s watching don’t letthem down two teaspoons see anger itit’s perfect – well you know what Ithink that was one teaspoon let’s tryfor another don’t let them down remindsme of that one like Freddie Prinze jr.movie where he’s doing hacky sack andhe’s like everybody’s watching that’sjust too much let’s affect the cookiesokay wait what’s his namehis name he’s like because he’s talkingto himself everybody’s watchingcome on his name is something like Bryceor something I’m gonna have to look itup the crap out of me I got it he saidcome on Zach never let it drop all rightback to cookies for real now you can’tever let it drop and then it drops whatyou gonna do cuz that life okay that allthe pecans go back in the party goal ifyou’re wondering if I cleaned mycounters before I started nopeI didn’t what you gonna do about ityou’re not my real dad mix it all up inthat frothy delicious mess onceeverything is coated you just throw itin the bag give it a good jr. oh thosebrownies it’s been like an hour theedges are crusty but the middle is notwhat do I do about it should I take itout by that one guy who won AmericanIdol what’s his name the country whenwhen it’s time to just throw them on apan cook them at 325 for one hour andyou stir them up every 20 minutes I it’sgonna take me hours before they’re readyto go in and weI’ll show you the recipe there it istake a screenshot of it if you feel soinclined – all right I guess we’ll takea break and just clean everything we’regonna move along- I’m not gonna make the chocolate chipcookies I’m just gonna throw in myfrozen onesOh ro so I got dough all over my bookbut since I have it open I’ll show youthe cookie recipe it’s one of myfavorites there it is if you want totake a screenshot of that oh my goodnessyou won’t regret it you know what we’regonna round it out here by just makingthe frosting the griffiths frosting forthe brownies that I messed up and thisis precisely why you’re not supposed totry a new recipe I’m gonna bring itanyway I don’t care do I need this stillwhat else am I making oh the crinklecookies oh I probably need that for thefrosting okay what am i doing what am idoing right nowall right I think my battery died justbecause we’ve been hanging out for solong you know so I don’t know where Ileft off I’m going to make the frostingfor bounties that are still not cooked itidied up just a smidge just enough justto pass the time one cup of butter Idon’t have any more butter that’s readyto go 1 cup of butter geez whoa wait Idon’t have any more vanillaI have rum extract a but I think I’mjust gonna use almond extract I needsome powdered sugar okayso what do we do in a saucepan again nothank you one cup of butter and you knowwhat kudos to Alex for holding babyMeredith while she’s sleeping I thinkyesterday I wrapped a whole bunch ofgifts while I was baby wearing her so asyou can imagine and then the tablelike down here my back I was like oh mygosh but she slept the whole time thankthe heavens one cup of butter meltedmyself it doesn’t feel goodthe boils in the oven oh that whole timeI quit even you know putting these inthe fridge I wasn’t thinkingthat’s my life don’t I cook those Idon’t know 20 minutes oh my word youguys I even pulled out this apron acousin gave it to me and I thought ohthis will be great I can wear it when Ido my might cook with me you know whatit reminds me of I used to work at anItalian restaurant and I used to have towear an apron not as cute as this thoughoh five minutes I except this timeweren’t good what are we doing over heremelted butter I was talking to somepeople and thinking I should make my owncookbook the people who ever speaking tothey were rooting me onso I would say you are a bad influenceanyway what reminded me of that is Ijust took a thumbnail in this thinkingyeah you can make it I can make acookbook and 1/3 cup of milk I’m gonnahave so many dishes to do it’s not thatbad how about that mix that okay I needa lot of powdered sugar quite sure Imight have to go back to the garageagain my favorite place here I go here Igo again I kind of want to be more thanfriends okay is that three cups okaythis is less like frosting and more likea drizzle oh but maybe once you put itin the fridge you’re like cartoons upyou know of all that butter Oh mix wellusing hand mixer now you tell meoh it’s thickening up a little bit as Igo oh my gosh wait wait wait wait waitthe marshmallows you’re supposed tospread the marshmallows on topRoundy’s while they’re cooling beforethey cool before they cool maybe if Iput the lid on it’ll trap in the heat alittle bitif this recipe turns out it’s going tobe a miracle we taste the frosting it’sokay that’s okay I should share with youmy brownie frosting recipe to die forit’s thicker than that I don’t feel likeputting this away right now so I’m notgoing to I need some waterlook at us pockets thank youwhat am I gonna put in those pockets myrecipe cheers to you Merry ChristmasHappy New Year thanks for being myfriends hanging out with me well I bakekinda okay now I knowfirst of all marshmallows like barelymelted I guess they’re getting therethey’re getting in there my hands areclean I just did dishes proof and I alsorealized I only made one batch of thisso come on Kim when are you gonna learnyeah don’t let this cool because it getsa little thick and then you won’t beable to like put it over here so come onI did so many things wrong but I bet youit’s still going to be deliciousI bet Ruby never messes this recipe upyou know I am uninvited to the GriffithChristmas gathering anyway that looksokay never good enough right we’ll seehow it tastes that’s the real challengebecause if it tastes good then itdoesn’t matter what it looks like reallyI’m making the second batch of frostingand realizing holy cow forget aboutdeliciouslet’s talk about all my clogged arteriesI’m gonna have after literally foursticks of butter in one pan sugarcookies are done and they look reallygood these don’t look as good are theysupposed to have the crack on top Idon’t know hmm I don’t know who careshere’s the fun part of the recipe yourscoop supposed to make it snow this isthe fun whimsical part and the messypart you know what I took my apron offbecause it was getting too hot huh isthat good enough take these off whoolook at that skill I’ve got the skillsto pay the billsouch oh wait there’s two mats here ohboy one my own – am I gonna doeverybody’s watching Zack everybody’swaiting some of them got gypped with thecoating that’s okay time to cook thepecans perfect wonderful great movingalong you’re licking spoons and making amess don’t don’t touch that I have thehiccups click on onto the tray rip printthem out give them their own littlespace here and every 20 minutes you justgive them a little sauce even moredishesI finished the second one this one mightlook a little better and when I bring itto the mall our party tonight I’m gonnasay with confidence oh yeah don’t youknow about the Griffiths family browniemix is the best thing I’ve ever had my[Music][Applause]so satisfying Eleanor and Wentworth arehelping me make the crinkle cookies yeahthey’re the best right ah yeah thoughyou want every cookie mighty report ofexample that is just go yes um that’swhich is yeah of Christmas it’s likeweight will break off I need you get 16days without school and what yeah prettycrazy mm-hmm this is Christmas Evetomorrow it’s Christmas and I can’t waitwasn’t it I just wanted to show you ashot of the pecans you might think youmessed up because it looks like a daygone mess but that’s what it’s supposedto look like that’s why they’re worth$50 right no cleanup when you buy themfrom the carnival here they are allfinished yes look at that ooh piping hotthere it is ooh delicious who doesn’twant that in their mouth all right now Ihave to clean off the pan and I’m gonnaput the frozen cookie dough balls onthere oh no wait the crinkle cookieswhatever either one look at thosebeautiful crinkle cookies let’s checkout the fruit of our labor so far andthen the hardest part is our freezercookie dough balls here I’m justthrowing some on a tray not too many butenough you know and I’m asking for afriendcan I cook cookies and Brussels sproutsin the oven at the same time I’m gonnasay yes uh yeah I’m gonna tell her yeahthanks guys all right the neighbor giftsover here looking pretty fly I’d beexcited if my neighbor dropped that offon my doorstepso there’s that yeah we’re gonna go dropthem off and hopefully the cookies don’ttaste like Brussels sprouts update onthe brownies I couldn’t leave you guyshanging they are amazing how could theynot be right so I brought them to twoChristmas parties and they were a hitdelicious and very rich and very I’dmake him again let’s say that before theSun Goes Down and we leave I figured Iwould say goodbye I would bid you adieubut thank you guys so much for watchingand hanging out baking with me if youlet me know how your holidays went Ihope you had a fantastic holiday I knowthings can get crazy and chaotic andoverwhelming but I just try to remindmyself the reason for the season and Itry to slow down because really nothingelse matters right nothing else mattersI’m gonna pop up some footage of theChristmas lights we saw last night andthat will be it for me I’ll see you nexttime[Music]well I’m all for Christmas all the happysmiles and the wishes and I wanted allfrom the lights to the mistletoetell me one thing is there anything thatyou’re missing I will keepyou want as soon as youthat smellwhatever we do weall right these holiday wanders willopen your mind may all your wishestonight come true[Music]threehis Christmas found one[Music][Music]