5:00 - Assemble baking items
5:30 - Double batch of cookie dough in fridge to chill
5:40 - Dinner break - that was a tough half hour of work! We had leftovers, of course. Puh-lease... I don't cook on a regular day - I can't possibly cook dinner AND bake cookies!
6:30 - Rolling, cutting, baking - 4 dozen cookies - only 2 casualties! Fortunately for the vulture roaming around my house, they were the largest ones, so he made out pretty good as a result of my mistakes.
7:30 - Realize I don't have enough dough to meet my inventory requirements - dishwasher just finished, so I grab the mixing bowl (warning: metal is HOT when removed from dishwasher during 'dry' cycle), whip up another batch of dough and throw it in the fridge to chill - deja vu?
Blog break
8:30 - More rolling, cutting, baking
8:55 - Last batch in the oven - much quicker than I thought! I am a cookie making master!
9:00 - Yelling at hubs for emptying the dishwasher - hey, I appreciate housework, but he was in my production area - I was trying to get the cookies out of the oven, clean up, etc. and he was all up in my space. Then I had to convince him to finish emptying the rest of it when I yelled at him for walking away. Mixed messages? Who, meeee? (batting eyelashes)
9:15 - 7 dozen cookies snoozing away on the kitchen island, unaware of the fate that awaits them... first, a dressing of icing (as if there weren't enough sugar and butter in them already) to make them beautiful for the ball... then, a horrific battle scene in the office conference room, where the snowmen will be decapitated and the bells will be cracked worse than their fair mother Liberty.
Naked cookies below:
Tomorrow: Icing Capades
2 comments:
Mmmm... Cookies. You really toss all the other cookies you get? I always figured that the oven must kill off any germies. :) Good luck with the frosting!
This blog makes me laugh for a number of reasons, not the least of which is just picturing you in the kitchen for this amount of time. That might be a record! The other thing that makes me laugh is how perfectly arranged the cookies are by shape. I will be attempting a similar cookie making endeavor this week, but I guarantee that my trees will be mixed with my santas and my bells will be mixed with my snowmen...whatever will I do! If only I could hire you to come organize the whole mess :)
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