New twist on Doughnuts

We will start off with dinner. Tonight was kind of a mis-match of appetizer recipes that i've had set aside for the longest time. I like to try them out before we use them for entertaining so we know what to expect.

So we just had these for dinner. The first recipe was Crispy Butternut Wontons with Spicy Tomato Sauce(CL). The only thing I didn't like about this was taking the time to fill each wonton wrapper. To help ease with the actual prep-time I baked off the butternut early in the morning to get that out of the way. The crunchy outside with the soft creamy inside really go well. The tomato sauce is a little different as it includes a strip of orange peel along with other herbs. The flavors meld well and I think you can do most of the prep work ahead of time so this is a winner.

Roasted Chile-Spiced Edamame(CL) was the second recipe. This was nice and easy as you just mix the spices with the edamame and roast for an hour or so. The chile spice mix has just the right kick to make these very addicting. The edamame are about half the size from how they started, but get pretty crunchy. Below both recipes are shown together.

The new twist on doughnuts is... Cookies! Doughnut Cookies(KACC) are fun bite sized cookies that were a little labor intensive but so worth it! The cookie itself reminds me of a cross between a thick butter cookie and a sugar cookie. It is dense but not overly dry. I enjoyed playing with the decorations and lots of ideas came forth to use for future holidays. I imagine these would ship well so they might make the christmas cookie list!