Your Cold Weather Checklist: Cookies, Cocoa, and Cuddling!

In light of the rare cold weather experience that Robeson County is not accustomed to, we have put together a cold weather checklist. There's not much to do when you're stuck inside all day and when playing in the snow gets old there are only three things you'll need; Cookies, cocoa, and cuddles!

Cookies
An awesomesauce cookie recipe that will make your grandmother proud!

For these inherently rad cookies you will need:

• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 3 teaspoons cinnamon

Before you get all "stirred up" there are a few things you need to do:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Mix butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar and eggs thoroughly in a large bowl.
3. Combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.
4. Blend dry ingredients into butter mixture.
5. Chill dough, and chill an ungreased cookie sheet for about 10-15 minutes in the fridge.
6. Meanwhile, mix 3 tablespoons sugar, and 3 teaspoons cinnamon in a small bowl.
7. Scoop 1 inch globs of dough into the sugar/ cinnamon mixture.
8. Coat by gently rolling balls of dough in the sugar mixture.
9. Place on chilled ungreased cookie sheet, and bake 10 minutes.
10. Remove from pan immediately.

Cocoa

If you need further instruction than just going out and buying some good ol' Swiss Miss from your local grocery store then I'm sorry, you will not find it. Google is a wonderful tool that we can all use to find a number of things, including recipes for homemade cocoa if you're into that kind of thing.

Cuddling!

Anything from a teddy bear or your Great-Aunt Gertrude will do, really! There's nothing like curling up under a blanket with a loved one and watching Disney movies all day. In fact, I'd recommend that you watch Disney's "Frozen" specifically.