11. bake something new once a month

jalapeno, lime, coconut sugar cookies. yumm-o.

i took my trusty sugar cookie recipe and modified it using lime juice instead of milk/vanilla and adding some coconut, lime zest and a jalapeno. they were too soft to roll out & cut, although i could have refrigerated them to do it, but they came out beautifully in little scoops. they kinda look like herbed mashed potatos. but they taste like sugar cookies with jalapeno, lime and coconut. the coconut's very subtle - i think i may toast it first next time.

the jalapeno taste becomes more prominent the older the cookies get. as in, i made them sunday & the taste is more prominent today - not as in i've had them sitting around for three weeks.

i wonder how they'd be with one side dipped in dark chocolate. i do like chocolate & jalapeno together.

that makes two baking adventures for february. my march weekends are pretty busy, so i'll have several get-togethers for which to make something new.