Sunday, October 4, 2009

Recipe for "Mexican Wedding Cake" (this is how we do it)

This is an easy eleven step recipe that you can follow at home.

1. you go hunt for a walnut tree that's not owned by anyone, preferably right off a busy street so everyone can admire a random Asian family picking walnuts in the middle of Krakow. you then pick as many walnuts as possible because one of your family member believes that living off the land is the best thing ever.
2. you re-use your bag that had your breakfast pastry to collect your loot, because that's how environmentally conscious you are. or you are just simply ghetto fabulous.

3. you realize that you don't own a nut cracker so you use your hammer to smash open all your walnuts.
4. you believe in multi-tasking so you feed your neighbor's cat while you are at it.
5. you are ambitious and goal oriented so you put a ridiculous amount of work ahead of you to create a sense of urgency.
6. you admire the fruit of your labor as you take a breather and look pretty.
7. you sift flour as a family because God forbid you get left out.
8. you take a VERY crumbly dough and make them into balls.
9. you make a mental note to never do this crumbly cookie with your children ever again. bad bad choice.
10. enjoy your cookie after a shower.
11. voila! duration: 4 hours. ingredients: flour, off the street walnuts, powder sugar and mutterings under your breath. it was all worth it.

6 comments:

Sojourner said...

Hilarious!! Looks mighty yummy!!! Good use of kids in child labor!!

Mina said...

i love it!

Unknown said...

what the heave-ho heck are you guys doing in krakow? have you lots your nuts only to have found them again to make a delicious ball of flour-smashed sugared 1/2 walnuts, 1/2 shell pieces ball?? wow, you guys will be bored when u get back here and have nothing to do but go to target for fun.

Unknown said...

oooops. this is sooj, shouldn't be writing from my work account. heehee.

Sueen Kelsey said...

The Mexican Wedding Cake looks so delicious, and your kids look so happy and content. I also want to see mommy's "muttering" picture. =)

BOOKRATT said...

"Random Asian family". You crack me up! And those cookies look delish. BTW, Tony just asked for your bulgogi recipe. AGAIN. Please send it soon, so I can make it and shut him up.