Homemade Cookies

June 2, 2012

Since J is gone for the entire summer, working at an internship all alone in a strange town, I’ve decided to put together care packages to send to him. Cute, right? Right. They’ve got themes and everything. One thing that will be in every package though, at the request of the J man himself, is homemade cookies. I found this recipe forever ago and saved it to my computer, and I thought it’d be a good one to try for my (first ever) attempt at from-scratch cookies since apparently they’re the “best in the world” or something. Here goes.

Since the photo that I saved only lists the ingredients, I went online and found directions here, from the Great Homemaker herself. If you plan on attempting this recipe, make sure you have the right flour! My grocery store had the bread flour over to the side of all the usual flour, and I found the pastry flour over in the organic food section.

Also, when buying chocolate, the entire 2 lbs is not necessary, depending on how chocolate-y you want your cookies. I bought three 10-lb bags and that was more than enough.

At the top of the ingredients list, it says that the recipe makes twenty-six 5 inch cookes or eight and a half dozen 1 1/4 inch cookies.
Lies.
Baking 3 inch cookies, this recipe made about… a million. Give or take.
Okay, maybe closer to a hundred. But still! I was baking cookies for HOURS, literally from noon up until the time I had to leave for work at 430. And I still wasn’t finished, I had about another baking sheet worth of dough left I had to put in the fridge. Geez.

This recipe’s final rating:
Delicious Multitude 

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May 24, 2012

Peace out fellas! Tomorrow is my birthday, and I’m heading out with some girlfriends for a much needed weekend at the beach! Classes started this weekend, as did J’s (super far away) internship, and I’ve been nonstop busy since last friday. But I’ve packed up my bathing suit and my spf one million (darn fair skin) and it’s time for some fun in the sun!

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Nearly finished!

May 23, 2012

I’ve been super busy working on the redesign of all my labels.  My soap is pretty much staying the same.  Well, not really – now all my soaps are made with Fair Trade Shea Butter.  Can you say “Decadent”!

Earlier in the day me and my camera were running on RedBull and tea.  I got all the pics taken and edited.  They aren’t exactly what I want, but I’m hoping to meet with a photographer next Wednesday and get in gear for some real professional type images.  KWIM?

Anyway – head over to my Etsy and take a look – so far only soap, I’ll get to the lippys and lotions, scrubs and laundry powder tomorrow.  Maybe?

 

Glamourous.

In case you were interested, photographing soap takes razor blades, nail polish and tape.  Oh, and the last few spoons of Salted Caramel Truffle Haagen Dazs.  Why were there only a few spoons left?  Ask Kevin.

Rain, Rain, Rain

May 22, 2012

Please don’t go away.  At least not for a couple more days.  A dry spell between Thursday and Sunday would be nice.

But for today – bring it on.  I’m making soup and bread.  And tea, lots and lots of tea.

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Probably some soap, too. Maybe some Frankincense and Myrrh and a batch of Eucalyptus Mint.

Enjoy your rainy day!

Deda

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