Cinnamon-Sugar Cookies

After an incredible month of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah - and countless meals served and tons of games played with the kids...it was time for a little down time.  So Levi and I decided to dash off to DC for two and a half days to get a little break! After making arrangements for our kids and booking our hotel (got the deal of all times!) it was time to pack up the food for our trip. My sister in law always says that if she is going on a vacation where she needs to bring food along - she is going to travel with me - because she knows she will have more than enough food!  So I got to work...first I made sure that we would have plenty of desserts :) We packed strawberries and whipped cream, jello and I quickly baked a batch of cinnamon-sugar cookies and a whole bunch of snacks. Realizing that we can't just eat snacks and desserts for all of our meals, we also took along sliced brisket for sandwiches, oven fried, coated, chicken strips, boiled eggs, tuna and lox. I rounded out our meal plans with some fruits and veggies and delicious salads all prepped and ready to eat in small plastic containers  - we left out the onions, tomatoes and dressing so that our salads were crisp when it was time to eat them. (We dressed them right before we ate them.)

To keep our food nice and fresh we packed all of the perishables right into our plug in cooler. This is one of our favorite toys! The cooler gets plugged in in the car so everything stays cool for the whole trip. Once we arrived at our destination, we plugged the cooler into the wall in our hotel room. No ice, no mess!

I have to say, after a super hectic month it was great to get away for a bit. We chilled out, slept in, visited a museum, took a boat ride, walked along the Potomac River and did some shopping too! As we were leaving DC we pulled into a scenic overlook, which is where I took the included photo - it was really cool to watch these little cloud fluffs passing by at right about eye level!

With all of the food that we brought along we certainly did not go hungry :) Of all of the snacks and desserts I packed, Levi's favorite (and I think mine too!) were the cinnamon-sugar cookies - so I have included the recipe for these cookies.

Cinnamon-Sugar Cookies


4 1/2 cups flour (you may need to use more)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 oil oil
3/4 cup orange juice
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Cinnamon and Sugar


Preheat oven to 350. Mix all ingredients (except for the cinnamon and sugar) together. Dough should be somewhat thick. Mix 1 part cinnamon and 3 parts sugar in a bowl. Form cookies by picking up dough and patting down into round cookies. I make mine about the size of my palm (I have little hands). Dip both sides of the cookies in cinnamon-sugar mixture and then place on greased cookie sheets. Bake for about 25 minutes - these cookies seem to be best when the outside is crispy and the inside is soft - the cookies will start to brown ever so slightly when they are ready. Enjoy!