Friday, February 27, 2015

Funny Friday: Cat Got Your Tongue?

Today’s post is February’s Funny Friday, a regular feature published on the last Friday of every month. Funny Friday is a collaborative project. Each month one of the participants submits a picture, then we all write 5 captions or thoughts inspired by that month’s picture. Links to the other bloggers’ posts are below, click on them and see what they’ve come up with. I hope we bring a smile to your face as you start your weekend.

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Here’s today’s picture. It was submitted by Sanity Waiting to Happen.

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1. Cat to mouse: “ready or not, here I come . . .”

2. Cat to herself: “I don’t know, do I really want to go up here? Because I’m pretty sure that this is how most of those scary movies start . . .”

3. Cat to her owner: “fine, I’ll go to my room. It’s worth it for all the fun I had unraveling your sweater.”

4. Cat to herself: “now where did I put that mouse . . .”

5. Cat to herself: “that family can call me back all they want. If they want to pet me they’re going to have to shut off movies like “Cat in the Hat”. Seriously. No cat would be caught dead in a hat like that.”

And, like with birthday candles, one more for good luck:

6. Cat to herself: “cat got your tongue? Did that mom just ask her daughter if I had her tongue? Disgusting. That’s it. I’m going upstairs, packing mu bags and moving on. . .”

And now for something yummy:


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Chocolate Berry Cream Cheese Hamentashen


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 Chocolate Berry Cream Cheese Hamentashen
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Printable Recipe
 
Ingredients (makes about 12 cookies):
1 stick butter, softened
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 cup flour

1 cup mixed fresh berries
    OPT: for frozen berries, defrost and drain them, then increase the cornstarch by 1 - 2 tsp
1/4 cup sugar
1 TBSP cornstarch
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips

1/4 cup powdered sugar, divided
14 tsp cinnamon
2 TBSP brown sugar 

Directions
*Beat cream cheese and butter. Stir in flour. Form a ball with the dough, cut in half, wrap each half in plastic wrap, flatten and refrigerate for at least an hour.
*Clean and dry all the berries. Chop the larger ones. Mix together the berries, 1/4 cup sugar, cornstarch and mini chocolate chips.
*Mix the cinnamon and brown sugar together.
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. NOTE: you may want to cover the bottom of your oven with tin foil as the filling in these cookies will run. 
*Sprinkle your rolling surface with powdered sugar. Place each half of the dough, separately, in the powdered sugar, cover each with the plastic wrap it had been refrigerated in and roll them out to 8 or 9 inch circles.
*Remove plastic wrap and cut out approximately 3 1/2 iinch circles using a round cookie cutter or floured rim of a glass. Wrap the excess dough in plastic wrap, refrigerate while making this batch, then use to make more cookies.
*Roll the sides in and pinch together to form  a triangle. Sprinkle a pinch of the cinnamon/sugar into the center of each cookie. Gently tamp down with your finger.
*Place some of the fruit filling into the center of each cookie. Don't mound high, it spills over the sides while cooking. Sprinkle tops with the rest of the cinnamon/brown sugar mixture.
*Bake the cookies for about 35 - 40 minutes, until they're brown and the sides start to crisp.
*Cool on the parchment paper on the cookie sheet. After they've been out of the oven for a minute, gently run a spatula under them.
*Store in the refrigerator. Bring to room temperature for serving.

38 comments:

  1. Brilliant!!!!!! #6 is my favorite!!!! LOL TOO FUNNY!

    I am drooling all over my laptop. SO YUMMY!!!!!!!

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    1. So glad you laughed. What a fun way to start the weekend!

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  2. Hilarious! I've been waiting ever so patiently to see how you'd approach this cat. Hehe. Thank you for the laughs! I hope your weekend is fantastic!
    I don't know what Hamentashen is, but I think it is time we get acquainted.

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  3. Thanks for making me laugh so much, and for the recipe! :D

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    1. Glad you stopped by for a laugh and a recipe. Hope you come back again soon.

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  4. I've never heard of Hamentashen, but anything with those ingredients; yum! They look amazing.
    My favorite caption is #3. Dang teenage cats. ;)

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    1. Yes, just what we needed to get us laughing on a cold Friday morning.

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  6. I never ever would have thought of chocolate hamentashen and with my favorite fruit. Gawd, so unfair! Can you make them without calories? Poppy hamentashen are my all time favorite desert

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  7. The cat got your tongue, hahaha! Well, it didn't get yours for sure!
    Oh, the ladder is the cat's naughty step ;-)
    Those treats look delicious! Are they typically being made for a special occasion?

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    1. The cookies are for Purim. Although mine really aren't like the traditional ones. Mine are more a pie in cookie form.

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  8. Number 3 made me snort out loud! Great recipe again, making me feel hungry.

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  9. Aww jeez. I've been crimping and pinching and schmushing. All so I can give Zoe a good recipe. Well. They are good and I love all the varieties out there. Especially yours! Now if I can just get the damn things to the page!

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  10. Those were so funny! I like #1 and #6 the best and I love what you've made for us today! Yummy!

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  11. Love, Love, Love!!!! Especially the "cat got your tongue one." Now, I'm going to have to look up where that ridiculous saying originated.

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    1. Better be careful because . . . you know . . . curiosity killed the cat!

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  12. Love the first one! And if you blend it with the second, I'm pretty sure we would have a horror/slasher movie!

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  13. This is too funny---#2 and #3 are brilliant!

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    1. I have to admit this was a really fun picture to caption, most of them kind of wrote themselves.

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  14. I am coming to your house for a week. I will pet your cat and sit in your kitchen and eat.

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  15. Aren't stripes supposed to be in? ;) Sorry, cat's got my tongue.

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  16. And now I have a Fugees song stuck in my head.....

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  17. I have never heard of hamentashen but they look good and remind me of kolackys.

    And my favorite one is the one where the cat is wary because it's how scary movies start 😉

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    1. Well, I guess we're even 'cause I just googled kolackys!

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  18. Cream cheese hamentashen? You went there! Love the cat thoughts.

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    1. Yeah, I went there. We really don't like the classic Hamentashen.

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  19. 2. I love the one about the sweater too. LOL

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    1. So many great captions come to mind with this picture, this was a fun one.

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