cookies – New England's Narrow Road

chocolate chip cookies — Homemade cookies!

I usually start my blogging with a photo. I take lots of pictures of all kinds of things and I came across this cookie photo which reminded me of how I had this great idea to send cookies to my son last year.

He lives in Florida and his family (us) all moved north and left him. So I feel guilty and last year I got this idea that I would give him a taste of home – a blast from the past – and send a box of my chocolate chip cookies. He would love that!

I am tired of cooking and baking. I really don’t enjoy it much these days and would prefer to have my own personal chef whip up something and serve it to me. Comes from all those years of BEING the personal chef to everyone else I guess. But the cookie recipe is from my old Betty Crocker cookbook and it makes a ton of cookies. There would be plenty to keep for ourselves too. I always like the idea of killing two birds with one stone.

So I made the cookies, found a box and began packing them up. I put 2 cookies together in a baggie, then layered all the baggies between packing paper – the kind with air bubbles that pop if you step on them. I needed a bigger box. I kept bagging and layering and filled a big box and as I was doing it I thought that Nick had better LOVE this gift. It was a pain in the neck.

So between the baking, cleaning up, finding a big enough box, packing it, addressing it and taking it to the Post Office and paying to ship it, I learned a valuable lesson.

Do not ever do that again.

Hilda OslenPiffleFeffer (myfullcup.wordpress.com)
When the going gets tough, the tough get cookies! (berries.com)

Now that the cold weather is back I am beginning to want to bake and cook more. I made chili the other day and a quiche yesterday. Now, at this time of year, it’s a good thing to warm the house by using the oven so I have more incentive to make food.
I wanted to share a easy and fast cookie recipe for peanut butter and chocolate lovers.

Buy peanut butter cookie dough (or make your own)
Use small muffin tins and add pieces of dough like in my picture.
Bake – I think @ 350 for 10 minutes – until they are cooked.
As soon as they come out of the oven, push Reeses candy (or any chocolate or candy) into the center of each of the cookies. (You’ll have to unwrap them while the dough bakes!)
Let them cool a little and take them out of the pan using a knife.

I used to make my own peanut butter cookie dough and that tasted best, but the store bought stuff is super simple and the kids don’t really care.

It’s a nice way to warm up the kitchen.