Mother of Life, Mother of Loss: Mini Kiss Cookies

This blog is just about my life and mostly revolves around my son, Jamie. This blog is a combination of everything, whether it may be a new recipe I tried, a good freebie I found, something funny Jamie said, or feelings I'm having about life in general. There's little rhyme or reason. I'll never win any blogging awards, but I enjoy writing about our lives and I mostly do it for my son. It's so easy to forget moments over the years. I've got all these little tidbits of our life in print and I hope that someday Jamie can enjoy them.

I called this blog Mother of Life, Mother of Loss because of my issues with pregnancy loss and the joy of finally bringing this wonderful person into the world. Truly, I feel the pains of loss, but you won't see too much of that here. I am blessed and I am, above all else, a mother of life.

After all the years of infertility and loss, Matthew and I were blessed with a surprise pregnancy. We were pregnant with twins, but unfortunately, Baby A could not stay with us. Baby B grew into a healthy and happy baby girl that we named Bella Marie. We are so blessed to have two beautiful children.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Mini Kiss Cookies

Preheat oven to 375.

1 cup softened butter

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

2-1/4 cups self rising flour

1-3/4 cups of Hershey's Mini Kisses (10oz bag)

Using a mixer, combine ingredients one at a time in the order they are printed above, except the Mini Kisses. You will mix those in by hand last once mixture is creamy.

Drop spoonfuls of dough onto a cookie sheet and bake 12-15 minutes at 375 degrees.