yummy . . .

Our new neighbors are so kind! The next door neighbor, we will call her M*, collected our paper for us while we were gone on vacation. I know, that's the neighborly thing to do but she only knew us for 2 days before we left! Across the street live A and K. A big storm came on our second day of vacation and blew our mailbox open. Apparently the post office had found our address and the mailbox was full. A collected our mail without being asked. He delivered it to us after we got back and asked about our trip. Both of these neighbors wave from their driveways and smile all the time. I love knowing that there are kind people around our home.

Now that I have a HUGE kitchen I needed an excuse to bring out all of my baking stuff. The KitchenAid Mixer has been BEGGING to come out and play. I thought that the best way to fulfill my selfish baking needs while showing how thankful I am to the neighbors was to bake a batch of Black and White Cookies.

flour mixture

mixing

goodness

just needs icing

finished product

I noticed I had quite a bit of chocolate icing leftover. Instead of devouring it with a spoon I drizzled it over some pretzels.

I hope they enjoy the cookies as much as I enjoyed the baking!

:-)

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