Because I am the BEST WIFE EVER... at least of all the previous Mrs. Big J's... I decided to something very special for my dearest Jef.
No it wasn't anything like that. Get out of the gutter people!
I decided- after Jef mentioned one of his favorite childhood memories- to bake him cookies. No, not just any cookies (why would it be that simple?). These cookies had to be just like the cookies a friend of Jef's mom used to make for him once a year, on his birthday, and wrapped up in a shoe box just for Jef. Jef wouldn't share the cookies with his siblings, and he would nibble away slowly, savoring each and every crumbly morsel of these magical cookies.
I thought about giving the special cookies a go for a while. I'm not much of a baker, you see. I'm much more comfortable weilding a large kitchen knife. I occasionally even use said knife while I'm actually cooking (harharhar you laugh).
The problem with the cookies comes in here with Jef's description:
They are thin, but cake-like. And have thin chocolate icing that is crisp and it holds them together!
"Huh?!", says me. A cookie is a cookie is a cookie. Right?
Jef finally uttered the magical phrase to inspire my inner cookie-baking goddess to emerge:
You would be completely perfect if you could make these cookies!
The last time I heard that phrase uttered (and I already know I am completely perfect, so no one has to fret or dwell on that any longer- ok?) was when he begged me to make potato pancakes (or tater patties) "just like mom used to make". I was all, "Ohhh, so it's a challenge now. I can do that!".
And I did... K can tell you just how perfect the potato pancakes are.
Back to the cookies.... I made them. They were thin (but not thin enough) and they were definately cake-like. The chocolate icing didn't turn out too well, but it was ok. Siiiigh.
He enjoyed the effort at least!
Which means I don't have to use my big bad knife on him.
--The Milk Maid says pack it up and send it off (in your brand new Johnston and Murphy no doubt!)
9 comments:
What are these magic cookies called? I am always up for a good baking challenge.
Yuummmm. Cookies.
Cookies of any sort sound good to me.
You know what the A in your name stands for? AWESOME! : ) Or Aradia..whatever. Way to give it that ol' college try anyways girl.
Now you've got me hungry for cookies! :)
Aren't you a sweetie!!!!
Go Cookies. Big J Is a lucky Guy! TRUTH....The only cookies I make are the kind that you snap off and place on a cookie sheet. I admire you Betty Crocker Rocking Chef/Baker types. Plus I LOVE to eat the creations...LOL!
Now I want to make cookies. Damn.
Can I have your recipe?
I want the recipe too! B can make them for me.
And I could tell you about the p cakes. I think I should write them a letter of recommendation. YEa, that would do it.
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