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i made cookies today and since i'm pretty bored, i decided to post about them.
(i could also probably alleviate this boredom by getting dressed or
taking a shower, both of which i need to do before someone calls me
saying "we are rehearsing in fifteen minutes!" or "hey shannon it's
your dad let's go get lunch!" but no. i'm on the internets. posting
about cookies.)
ANYWAY.
cookies.
did you know that it's insanely easy to make cookies? i want cookies
all the time. if i can eat a cookie right after dinner it kind of
makes my day. and when i don't have cookies (which is usually the
case) i sit around bemoaning the fact that i have no cookies and
wondering if i should go to the store and buy some. which i never
do...or rarely do. then one day i discovered that you can make your
OWN cookies. (okay, i already knew that. but i rarely used to make
cookies. maybe, MAYBE for a bakesale. maybe. but it just seemed like
such a hassle.)
maybe i should say i found a recipe that made just the right amount of
cookies in like fifteen minutes. and since i am lazy, it was perfect.
i found this recipe like three weeks ago and i've made these cookies
like five times since then. three of those times were for other people
though so don't think i'm some sort of "vegetable monster" over here
(don't even get me started...)
as proof of how often i make these cookies, allow me to show you the
state of my pantry items which were, until i found these cookies,
FULL. i swear. FULL.
   
(i think the vanilla makes me saddest, since i recently bought it and it is ACTUAL vanilla. not high quality vanilla, for sure, but i had previously been baking with a very large, very very old, off-brand imitation vanilla flavoring...i.e., blasphemy to real bakers. i also never use butter because i am too poor. everything turns out fine, but i have big plans for using real butter with my stand mixer. but i'm saving myself for marriage.)
today's cookies are not for me, they're for my dad, who's starting chemo today. yes, i know he won't want to eat cookies. but it's the thought that counts! the thought and the smell. these cookies smell really good too.
COOKIES!
(this recipe makes about 12 really huge cookies. this way you have just enough to enjoy for a few days but not so many that you gorge yourself on cookies, or (unthinkable!) have to throw away old stale cookies)
1/2 stick butter, softened*
6 T sugar
6 T brown sugar**
1/4 t salt
1 1/2 t vanilla
mix that well, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add one egg. mix again. then, in a separate bowl (if you follow directions) or right on top of the mixture (if you are like me and you're lazy) mix 1 cup plus 2T of flour with 1/2 t baking soda and mix into the wet ingredients.
then add chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, and/or nuts. the recipe calls for a whole cup but i usually use a heaping half cup and they are still very chocolatey.
then scoop big monster cookies onto a sil-pat lines baking sheet and stick in a 375 oven for 12 minutes. i over cooked these because i was on the internet. so they're extra brown but still pretty good. as is proven by ruffles JUMPING ONTO THE TABLE AND EATING THREE OF THEM. so i don't have a lot of cookies to take to my dad but that's cool. they certainly LOOK homemade, which i've learned with parents is almost more important than how good a thing is...see the Homemade Nativity Crying Scene from Christmas 2002.
*i used margarine because i'm poor and lazy, which makes my cookies spread out a lot more than they ought to. but they still taste good
**this is a weird measurement, i know. but apparently if you double the recipe (which would make the sugar measurements a nice 3/4 c) it doesn't work out so well, so i stick to the spoons)
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