I'm addicted to baths. I'm addicted to hot water, in addition to alot of other things. I can put Cate on the floor and have Abby "help" me and take a bath and feel better. I take two or three a day when I have a very young baby. I take less the older the baby gets. Stress just seems to melt away in hot water. I'm in a warm bubble where nothing can get me. It's crazy. I love it.
I'm addicted to chocolate. Every woman's worst addiction. I love chocolate. I have actually taken a liking to Chocolate Silk. Many nights, you can find me behind the refrigerator door sucking down a cup or so of the chocolaty goodness. Yummy... It goes down my throat and gets me all warm and fuzzy inside. Very smooth. Dove squares are a weakness as well.
I'm addicted to sleep. Any time I get upset, after taking a bath and drinking some chocolate silk, I just want to take a nap in a warm blanket.
I'm addicted to caffeine. I don't like being awake but I have to be. The only way to stay awake long enough to make sure my kids are taken care of and my husband is happy is to drink massive amounts of caffeine. I have decided that I might need to back off this one a little more. I noticed a weird feeling today and I think it's all about the fact that the majority of my liquids intake today was caffeinated. Grrr... I have to check myself on that one more.
I'm addicted to my kids. They are the best things and when I'm away from them, although there is sometimes that sense of relief that I'm not responsible for them for a short time, I miss them. I miss them after only an hour. Sometimes I need more than an hour as a break but I'm always a better mother after a break because I realize how much I need them and to be needed by them.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Double Chocolate Walnut Drop Cookies
These cookies are so yummy fluffy and soft inside. I love them.
You will need:
butter (salted or unsalted depending on your preference)
granulated sugar
brown sugar
vanilla
a large egg
all purpose flour
dark cocoa powder (I like Hershey's Special Dark)
baking powder
walnuts
semi-sweet chocolate chips
Whip one stick of room temperature butter until it is nice and soft (but not warm).
Add 1/4 cup of granulated sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Whip together until VERY fluffy!
Then add the egg and one tsp vanilla and mix again. All this should be nice and light together, like if you put a fork in it, it would implode...
Sift together 1 cup flour, 1/4 cup cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp baking powder, and a dash of salt.
Fold dry and wet ingredients together until incorporated nicely but not over mixed. Fold in 1/4 cup (or more if you want) chocolate chips and 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (or pacans if you want a more buttery nut).
Put 1 1/2 - 2 tablespoon splotches of dough onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 9 minutes.
Ok, here is the secret to keeping them nice and soft on the inside - when you take them out of the oven, hold the pan very flat with two hands about a foot and a half off the ground and DROP it! Yes, it will make a big bang and the cookies may jump a little off the pan but it takes the remaining air out of the cookies and keeps the inside from getting all hard.
I don't know how well these keep overnight. I suspect they are as exceptional in the morning after I make them as they are when I take them out of the oven but when I make them (they only make about 20 cookies), the smell wafts over the campus and there is a rush to my house. There are never any left. I rarely have one cool, let alone old.
You will need:
butter (salted or unsalted depending on your preference)
granulated sugar
brown sugar
vanilla
a large egg
all purpose flour
dark cocoa powder (I like Hershey's Special Dark)
baking powder
walnuts
semi-sweet chocolate chips
Whip one stick of room temperature butter until it is nice and soft (but not warm).
Add 1/4 cup of granulated sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar. Whip together until VERY fluffy!
Then add the egg and one tsp vanilla and mix again. All this should be nice and light together, like if you put a fork in it, it would implode...
Sift together 1 cup flour, 1/4 cup cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp baking powder, and a dash of salt.
Fold dry and wet ingredients together until incorporated nicely but not over mixed. Fold in 1/4 cup (or more if you want) chocolate chips and 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (or pacans if you want a more buttery nut).
Put 1 1/2 - 2 tablespoon splotches of dough onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 9 minutes.
Ok, here is the secret to keeping them nice and soft on the inside - when you take them out of the oven, hold the pan very flat with two hands about a foot and a half off the ground and DROP it! Yes, it will make a big bang and the cookies may jump a little off the pan but it takes the remaining air out of the cookies and keeps the inside from getting all hard.
I don't know how well these keep overnight. I suspect they are as exceptional in the morning after I make them as they are when I take them out of the oven but when I make them (they only make about 20 cookies), the smell wafts over the campus and there is a rush to my house. There are never any left. I rarely have one cool, let alone old.
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