giant chocolate sugar cookies fail

So you know that feeling when you are really bored and you want something sweet? And not just sweet, something chocolatey sweet. So, of course my first reaction is to check through all of the cookbooks in my house (mind you, that means like 40 different cookbooks). What can be tough about baking, especially if you are suddenly baking on a whim, is the fact that you can't seem to find a recipe. Either they are too complicated, like ham and maple bacon cookie, or they call for ingredients you just know you don't have, like real rhubarb muffins. Yeah, I don't think I've ever seen rhubarb. But, then I found the perfect chocolatey sweet recipe. Giant. Chocolate. Sugar. Cookies. Yes!

And I have everything, which in of itself is a miracle. My house is hardly ever stocked to make anything besides oatmeal cookies. And admittedly I did substitute unsweetened dutch coco powder with Swiss Miss hot chocolate powder. And all real came along. The thing about baking is that if you just follow the recipe, you'll end up with at least something. With cooking, its a little bit trickier. Baking is all measurement and technique and then voila!

What I like best about my house is that its small. Like really small. The kitchen and living room is essentially the same room, only divided by strategically placed cabinets. So I can put in an episode o Firefly or Buffy, and half watch while I bake. I can't stand silence, especially when I am making something. So I had an episode of Firefly playing while I baked the cookies. The recipe said that they took about 20 minutes to bake. But, when I took them out they were all flat and brittle. Over baked. The edges were darkened black and the little marshmallows that had slipped into the batter had formed little glazed over puddles (that part wasn't actually that bad). Besides the fact that they were practically cement cookies, they were pretty tasty. Nice and chocolatey. And the caramelized marshmallows were a nice touch too. Now for the sake of my family's teeth, I ground them up and poured the crumbles over some vanilla ice cream. Now that turned out well!

-Gabriela P.