What a week! High demands at work and at home: Travel organizing, charity events, social planning, costume making and a hundred small fires to put out. How to recover? Shopping doesn’t work for me. I get into the kitchen and whip up some soup, bread or sweets. And today, since it was such a crazy week, I made all three.
First a double batch of vegetable soup – please admire my awesome Lee Valley kettle! Next, my friend Gillian’s superb foccacia, and finally, these super easy Cowboy Cookies. I like this recipe because all of the measurements are round : 1 cup of this and 2 cups of that. Also, it makes lots. Not the five dozen advertised, but lots. Even better if you add butterscotch chips instead of chocolate, but today, alas, I had none.
The recipe suggests these cookies need 8 to 10 minutes in the oven. In my oven they take 12 minutes to achieve perfect doneness. I use a standard cookie scoop but I suspect “Bonniebelle” makes a smaller cookie, which would account for a shorter cooking time and a higher yield. Do try not to overbake!
Outside it is dark and really rainy. Inside we have good food and cats to comfort us.