CHRISTMAS...hey man, i just ate it!

thanks mom.

AND AGAIN...STILL NO VERDICT!

so, i just took a crack at the cookies again.  same basic dough, (which i will not disclose until i taste)...this time i added chocolate chips and smothered them in melted butter and cinnamon before i put them in to bake...we'll see once they cool off!   in the meantime...

here is a recipe from zoe.

For a butter lover:

English Toffee

14 tablespoons (1 stick, plus 6 tablespoons) butter
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons cold water
1/2 chopped pecans
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Dash salt
1 (6-ounce) bag semisweet chocolate chips or thin chocolate bars

Generously butter a cookie sheet. (Or spray with Pam or similar)

Put butter, sugar, and water in a heavy pan or skillet over medium-high heat. Bring to a bubbling boil, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, about 10 minutes. Remove spoon from pan, and cook to a very brittle stage (300 degrees to 310 degrees F on a candy thermometer). Or, make a cold water test: candy will separate into hard, brittle threads when dropped in cold water.

Remove from heat and add nuts to mixture. Add vanilla and salt. Pour onto prepared cookie sheet and spread to 1/4-inch thickness. Cool slightly.

In a double boiler (you can make your own, placing a metal bowl in a pot filled with water), melt bag of chocolate chips. Spread melted chocolate over toffee. Cool completely and break into pieces. Store in an airtight container.

and here is one from connor which i suspect he got from the label on a peanut butter jar...which i don't want to officially condone...but i can't really say either way until i try it!

well. i dont know if santa or baby jesus are alergic to peanut butter but if not then these are awesomely great.

super easy peanut butter cookies

1. mix together 1 cup of any kind of peanut butter, 1/2 cup of sugar and an egg
2. roll into balls and flatten with fork on an ungreased cookie sheet
3. bake at 325 degrees ferienhiet for 15 minutes. do not over bake. makes about 24 cookies.
4. if you want add chocolate chips nuts or raisins to the first step to personalize them.
5.enjoy

hope this is something along the lines of what you wanted!


Regards
Connor Allen

 

Oops, these cookies suck!

I made these cookies this afternoon to celebrate the completion of eva's history of propaganda course (also cause i am a hermit cookie monster and i didn't want to leave the house).  I'm not gonna lie, they're not awesome.  Granted, i'm not a baker, but baking is a science!!!  Well i guess i'm not a scientist either!   F-that.  I'm not giving up...'tis the cookie season.  I'll keep trying, i have an idea where i went wrong this time.  Let this be a call, if anyone has any really great cookie recipes, email them to me!  I have 20 days to make cookies good enough for santa/baby jesus.