Virgin baking

Let me begin by apologizing for this inexcusable extended lapse in posts. The truth is I recently re-located to a new living space leaving me with a smaller kitchen, fewer kitchen utensils and appliances, and a substantially diminished disposable income. Nonetheless, when my roomie so generously stayed home from work to wait for my mattress to be delivered, it was clear to me that her selflessness had to be rewarded with cookies.

I considered a few options, including peanut butter, chocolate chocolate chip, even ginger cookies. Eventually, though, the boss of all cookies won out - Anna's oatmeal chocolate chip magic cookies. One morning before work, I traipsed down the street to my new friendly neighborhood grocery store, purchased all the necessary ingredients, and lugged the pounds of baking products (and a broom. And a plunger) up the hill to the apartment. The cookie-making process had been set into motion.

During a spell of impatience-induced boredom, I ended up making the cookies at my parents' house. They were delicious and did not survive for long. Tonight after watching Glee and eating roasted carrots, I needed cookie dough. I was not paying the closest attention to the process (for a change) and ended up inventing a new cookie.

Extra floured chocolate chip mounds

* 1 stick (sketchy, possibly fake) butter
* 1/2 cup brown sugar
* generous 1/4 cup sugar
* 1 egg
* 1 tsp vanilla
* 1 tsp baking soda
* 1/2 tsp salt
* 4 generous 1/2 cups of flour
* 3/4 cup choc chips

Preheat oven to 350˚ F.

Cream butter and sugar. Add the egg and vanilla. Pour in the flour, salt and baking soda. Mix well. Note: the dough will be very dry and require more aggressive mixing than usual in order to get the flour properly absorbed into the mix. Add the chocolate chips and mix well. (At this point, I consumed about 3 cookies in dough form. The dough was less sweet than what I am used to, but definitely hit the spot).

Bake whatever remains of the dough for 10-ish minutes. I took them out slightly early for fear of the cookies being too dry, but Abbie approved of the final result. I have not recovered enough from my cookie dough OD to taste one, but best believe that I will.

Lastly, I don't know where my camera is at this point in time, hence irrelevant photograph.