Nibblies For The Road

We are getting ready to hit the road again, for our big road trip to Canada. It will be quite an adventure. We will be gone for almost three weeks, seeing all kinds of natural beauty all along the way. We will also be stopping and staying with friends in Idaho, and two different parts of Canada. By the time we return home, we will have driven about 3500 miles or more. Even though we will be stopping quite often, we will still be in the car for long periods of time too. And that means we will need nibblies to help sustain us through our travels. 🙂

This is for the four of us. I don’t think we are going to starve. I think we will make it. Just barely. 🙂 We have fruit, dried fruit, granola bars, chips and crackers, sweets, a variety of nuts and a jar of Marmite (GAG) for the Aussies. I didn’t get a chance to look for Vegemite, so they will have to settle for Marmite instead. I can’t stand either one of them, but from what I understand they are pretty similar.

I also made some Snickerdoodle cookies for us to munch on as well.

Snickerdoodle Cookies

Snickerdoodles are some of Larry’s favorite cookies, but then being German, he loves anything with cinnamon. He is going to love these. They are very easy to make, with only a few simple, basic ingredients.

Preheat the oven to 400* F or 205*C.

2 3/4 cups flour

3 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups sugar +4 TBSP

1 cup or 2 sticks softened butter

2 eggs

4 tsp cinnamon

Mix the flour, salt and and baking powder together and set aside.

Cream the butter and sugar together, then add the eggs. Add half of the flour and mix, then add the remaining flour and mix.

Mix the 4 TBSP sugar and the cinnamon together in a separate bowl.

Once everything is combined well, take about 1 TBSP of dough and roll into in a ball, then roll the ball into the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Lightly press onto the cookie sheet with the bottom of a glass to flatten out the cookies.

Bake for about 10-12 minutes or until the centers are set and the cookies are lightly golden. Allow to cool on the sheet pan for a few minutes, then remove and place on a cookie rack and allow to cool completely.

I will be packing these up to add to the rest of our travel snacks. As you can see, I have enough for a small army. I feed people. That’s just what I do. In fact, Dennis, my “Australian brother” who is traveling with us as well as his wife Lee, calls me “a feeder”. 🙂

Dennis and I are not actually blood related, but we are definitely family. His stepdad and my dad were best friends in Australia from the age of about five until they both passed away. They were both named John, and both were called Johnny, so we lovingly refer to them as our two Johnnies. Even with my “John” moving half a world away after WWII, the two were still bonded together forever. The two Johnnies would both have been 99 this year. Dennis and his family and my family have been apart of each other’s lives for almost 100 years now and counting. 🙂

I will be gone and out of touch for about three weeks. Stay safe and stay well, and try your best to stay out of trouble, oh wait, that’s me. 🙂 I will miss you all, but I will be back before you know it, with lots of tales from our road trip and adventures. ‘Til next time.