Bacon

Yesterday I decided to compensate for eleven years of not eating meat by consuming vast amounts of bacon (including a bacon wrapped Mission dog at midnight). Because I had a final earlier in the day and spent the morning wracked with nerves, bacon ended up being pretty much all I ate yesterday. That is, with the exception of cookies. My dear friend Emma decided to host a potluck last night, and, always eager to share my baking skills with the world (it's sarcastic. See previous post), I decided to bring cookies.

Unfortunately, I decided this while at Dani's house at 6 PM, half an hour before we were expected at Emma's. When I voiced my cookie plan to Dani, she warned me that her house was lacking exciting baking ingredients. She had no chocolate chips, no peanut butter, and no cinnamon. She did, however, present the brilliant idea of including sipping cocoa in the mix. From there, it was on.

By raking through Dani's cupboards, I was able to produce the following creations, which, based on the rate at which they were consumed at Emma's house, were far from disgusting.

Cupboard cookies
* 1 stick butter

* 1 cup + 2 tbs flour

* 1 1/2 tsp baking soda

* 1 cup sugar

* 1/2 cup sipping choc

* 3/4 cup oats

* 1 tsp vanilla

* 1/3 cups nutella

* 1 egg

Cream butter and sugar. Some brown sugar would probably work, but I find that granulated sugar holds its own nicely in chocolate cookies. Once creamed, add the egg and vanilla. Next, add chocolate, baking soda and flour. Add the oats and nutella. The amounts I used above were restricted by the amount of oats and nutella that Dani had, but both could be increased slightly with no negative consequences.

Combine all ingredients very well, the refrigerate for 20-30 minutes (this is optional, but makes the dough easier to work with). Shape into tiny balls on a baking sheet, and bake at 350˚ for 9-12 minutes. Also, probably double the recipe if you want any left over.