Falls Little Delicacies

If you’re like me, you live for falls bounty. My personal kryptonite is pumpkin and one of my favorite, quick, easy fixes comes in the form of a moist cake-like cookie. I prefer to think of it as a little piece of heaven.

These will be on the table at ‘Girls Night Out’ tonight at 

Balance, A Women's Gym, 125 Brewery Lane, Portsmouth, NH 4-7.

Come taste for yourself. After all, we don’t just paste ANYTHING here. We like to think of ourselves as highly selective with a dash of ‘oh what the heck’.

SWEET PUMPKIN COOKIES

1 C Butter (I use Earth's Balance Soy Butter and only ¾ C)

1 C Sugar (you can reduce this slightly as well)

1 C Pumpkin puree (canned pumpkin)

1 Egg

1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

2 C Flour

1 tsp Baking Powder

½ tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Cinnamon

¼ tsp Allspice (I go a little heavy here)

½ tsp salt

THE  ADD-INS: 2 Cups total, I like a nut and a treat.

chopped toasted peanuts, walnuts, pecans, dark chocolate chips, raisins, crumbled Health Bar, toasted coconut

Preheat oven to 375

In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar

Add pumpkin, egg, vanilla and blend

In a medium bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt.

Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix. I use a hand mixer till it appears light and fluffy.

Stir in your ‘add-ins’

Drop rounded teaspoons on an un-oiled baking sheet.

Bake 10-15 minutes. I err on the side of 10 minutes (gas stove), once cooled they retain that fluffy cloud affect.

'So...what are some good words?'

‘….what are some good words? We need a good word…something memorable…something clever…,’

This was the usual springboard for our numerous conversations, wine and irony flowing equally.

A couple 30-somethings, yet again, innocently pouring a glass, discussing our latest kitchen forays, a new culinary challenge and of course where to dine next . Somehow, the notion of a blog sauntered in so naturally, but as for a name (and there is so much in a name), we were…..oddly, without words.

Us, without words, CRIMINAL!

Sure, we shared a growing lists of options for days, weeks….even months (Zut Alors!) and finally one day, it hit us square in the face and with very little apology. As they say it’s right under your nose and for us, frequently escaping our lips. It was our cheer, our daily reminder, keeping us focused on the prize; the theme that was to be our blogs purpose! The Good Words!

And so, LeBonMots* was born.

Two chicks, each with a little French birth right, and a realization that our conversations are every woman’s conversations; we were about to share our ideas with a much wider audience.

We hope this blog inspires you to indulge your palate, challenge your abilities, push your limits and quit being so lady-like…take a BIGGER bite out of life, after all, it is yours for the taking.

   FOOD     HEALTH     TRAVEL     EXPERIENCE

*Etymology-From French bon mot (“good word”).  Pronunciation- /bɔ̃ mɔ/     Noun-bon mot (plural bons mots or bon mots)

 A clever saying, phrase or witticism; often, a witty riposte in dialogue.