Well it has been a long weekend of moving but it's finally complete, and again I am sleepy lol. However, Nathan was in Canadia to help me with everything, he actually went above and beyond anything you'd expect! He not only put up every shelf, and picture, he also assembled furniture and bought me a new tv :D Seriously I am one lucky girl, well except he is now on his way home :( The hardest part of our relationship has to be the "see you soon" goodbyes, it never gets any easier. He was a HUGE help in making my new apartment a home, and even though it's almost done it just isn't the same. I now consider this apartment "our" apartment because we did so much together, he'll be back sooner than later and until then I'll complete the look and it will be a home!
Even though I had lots of help on Saturday, it still was quite difficult for me. On the bright side, this whole ordeal is almost over. This process has been wreaking havoc on my body :( Since I had family and some friends helping me move, I decided to give them food as thanks :) Nathan and I marinaded a roast Friday night to serve Saturday, and I will threw it in the oven while all the moving hoopla took place so it wouldn't be long before we could eat. Of course there were plenty of sweet treats as well. The pumpkin pie bars made their debut appearance, the oh so delicious pumpkin spice cupcakes (happy accident not intentional for there to be a pumpkin theme), and of course today's recipe. No today is not a pumpkin recipe, although with the left over pumpkin from the cupcakes I could have made something. Nathan requested I bake these though, so I thought I would make sure there was something sweet for him when he got here.
Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
2C flour
1/2tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt
3/4C butter, melted
1C brown sugar, packed
1/2C sugar
1Tbs vanilla
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2C semi sweet chocolate chips
Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 325F. Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
2) In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar, and white sugar until well blended.
3) Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy.
4) Mix in sifter ingredients until just blended.
5) Sift in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon.
6) Drop cookie dough 1/4C at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3" apart.
7) Bake for 15-17 minutes in the oven, or until edges are lightly toasted. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.
These little bad boys are perfectly soft, not so soft it crumbles apart in your hand but that perfect way that I remember my high school cafeteria serving. Normally this is not my first choice of cookie, but this recipe is so yummy even I can't stop from eating a couple. The dough even reminds me of the cookies my mom used to make, and I love me some cookie dough. It was hard to not eat all of them before Saturday lol.
Well I've got a few more things to try and tackle tonight, but to be honest I really just want to have a nap lol. If Nathan was here he would tell me to take one, maybe I will since everything isn't going anywhere :p Hopefully afterwards I will be more energetic and can tackle yet another good chunk organization done. Until next time....
Stay sweet,
Jennifer xoxoxo
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