Cookies, cookies, cookies.
Why oh why did I have to buy the Martha Stewart’s Cookies cook book? I couldn’t have been content to borrow it from the library, make a few recipes and return it, oh no. I had to have it. Now it sits on my shelf in my kitchen beckoning me to pick it up and make a batch of cookies.
I’ve made nine of the recipes so far, yep nine. Every time I make one of the recipes I’ll say ok, everyone in the family can have one for a treat to see if we like them and to make sure they came out good enough to pass onto friends, family and co-workers. Well lets just say that they don’t always make it out of the house.
I am looking at it as a learning experience. I’ve bought an offset spatula, I’ve used espresso powder and sanding sugar and am now an expert with parchment paper.
The Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies and Grammy’s Chocolate Cookies, were to die for. Probably the two best cookie recipes that I have ever made! The Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars were a huge hit with my husband and his co-workers. The Milk-Chocolate Cookies, the Chunky Peanut, Chocolate, and Cinnamon Cookies and the Butter Twists were yummy too. I was disappointed in the Chocolate Pretzels, the Lemon Squares and the Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies. Still though even a cookie recipe that isn’t the best is still tasty and doesn’t go to waste around here. Next up on the list to try are the Coconut Macaroons with and without chocolate chips and the Anise Drops, I already have my shopping list ready.
