#MEwx Cold and sunny with Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

Good morning Augusta

I have a wireless personal weather station broadcasting live where you can view real time weather readings from it by clicking here.

This station was knocked offline by Monday's storm.

This morning it is mostly sunny with expected highs in the lower 30s. Winds are North 15 to 20 mph gusting to 35 mph.

Tonight we'll have clear skies with lows around 11°F. Winds will remain North 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the evening are possible.

The outdoor temperature is 21.2°F, the dewpoint is 9.5°F and the wind chill is 11.2°F.

We didn't receive any rain here over the past 24 hours – we received a total of 2.79 inches of rain from Monday's Storm before my WS went offline.

Today's sunrise is 7:13 AM, sunset is 4:03 PM and we'll have 8 hours 50 minutes of daylight today. Moonrise is 12:32 PM and Moonset is  1:15 AM. The moon phase is Waxing Crescent and is 65% illuminated. Our next Full Moon is on December 26 and our next new moon will be on January 11 (2024).

The wind velocity is between 15.2 MPH and 31.8 MPH from the North Northeast (Peak gust since Midnight is 39.3 MPH). Monday's storm peak was 63 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.17, the Absolute pressure is 29.97 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The Humidity is 59%, the UV index is 1 placing the average person at low risk and the solar radiation reading is 111.3W/m2.

Visibility is 10.0 miles /16.1 Kilometers with bright sun.

Go get the kids to make these, it's really kid-friendly and not all THAT messy.

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies:

½ cup soft butter or margarine

½ tsp. salt

1 tsp. vanilla

½ cup brown sugar, packed

1 ½ cups sifted flour

2 Tblsp. milk

¼ cup chocolate chips, chopped

Sifted confectioner's sugar for rolling

 

1.         Heat oven to 375⁰.

2.         Mix  together butter, salt, vanilla, and brown sugar.

3.         Blend in flour, chocolate chips, and milk.

4.         Shape into 1" balls.

Place on ungreased cookie sheet; with thumb make a depression in each cookie.

5.         Bake 10-12 minutes.

6.         Roll in confectioner's sugar and cool.

Filling:

¾ cup chocolate chips

1 Tblsp. shortening

2 Tblsp. white corn syrup

1 Tblsp. water

1 tsp. vanilla

Preparations

Melt chocolate chips with shortening and stir; cool slightly.

Add corn syrup, water, and vanilla.

Heap in center of each cookie.