happy new year!

I'm an early bird, I always have been, my parent's could easily share some stories of when I was little and got up early. Anyway, so I am usually awake way before James is when he's home and lately I've been waking before the kids as well! So, this morning, when I woke up I went right to work preparing dough for New Year's Cookies (Portzelky) they're a Mennonite cookie. I have been hankering for them and what better morning to make them than the first day of a new year? New Year's Cookies were always a great treat I remember from my younger years when I was 4. My mom would get them at the Dillon's bakery when they had them. I savored those things!
The dough for New Year's Cookies has to rise like a normal bread. The recipe I used said to scoop spoonfuls of the dough onto greased cookie sheets to rise for the second time. I don't know that I would have to do that again because it was runny dough. I easily could've been left in the bowl for the second rise. Yummy and fatty! A fantastic way to start the new year especially for those who have resolved to diet. Ha-ha!

Once the cookies were cool, I sprinkled them with sugar.

The finished product!

I just had to eat one.....okay, three!

Man! Did I mention that they're good!

I'm not gonna lie, in the two pictures above, I was seriously procrastinating because I had all this clean up waiting for me.
UGH!

But, I had this after as my reward for a job well done!

Happy New Year!!