The Best Cookies Ever!

So Little Bits of Real Food aka Kelsey has a cookie recipe that I am OBSESSED with. The dough is phenomenal. I'm not going to lie, I make these cookies so I can stuff my face with dough.

Her Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate cookies are my favorite. I prefer them frozen and sometimes I chop up my M&Ms in the blender and sometimes I don't... 

I'm serious, you need to make these cookies! 

C'mon, do it. TONIGHT. 

**These cookies do not flatten while cooking so you must flatten them beforehand.**

All done!

Our First Halloween!

For our first Halloween together, we dressed up as Cookies and Milk. Harry LOVES milk and I LOVE cookies! We didn't go anywhere... I just wanted the photo op! :-)

Who Nu?

I found these at the grocery store Friday night and was very intrigued. I looked at the back of the box and it read:

As much Fiber as a bowl of Oatmeal
As much Vitamin C a a cup of Blueberries
As much Vitamin A as an 8 oz glass of Tomato juice
As much Vitamin B12 as a cup of Cottage cheese and Fruit
As much Calcium and Vitamin D as an 8oz glass of Milk
As much Iron as a cup of Spinach
As much Vitamin E as two cups of Carrot juice.

I went back and forth on buying a box. I thought if it was so healthy and nutritious they were not going to be delicious. I bought a box anyway and OMG, they taste just like chewy Chips Ahoy cookies! I was pleasantly surprised and will definitely be buying these cookies again. They even make some "Oreos" and I love my Oreos so I can't wait to try those!

Update: I tried the "Oreos" three days ago and they are delicious!! So freaking good that our family devoured the box and we already need to go to the store to get more!

Elf on the Shelf

Our elf made quite the mess!

Skylar got into the makeup! She is wearing eye shadow, blush, and lip gloss. 

Skylar is one messy eater!

This elf gets into everything!

Hungry? Want a cookie?

Uh oh! Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar? 

On Skylar's last night with us she decided to tepee our tree!

Elf on the Shelf is a new tradition in our house this year and it has been a lot of fun. Many times, Skylar stayed on the shelf, edge of the laundry basket, and in a lamp, but on occasion she got motivation to do something naughty!

Here's a link to a hilarious blog about overachieving elves: http://www.peopleiwanttopunchinthethroat.com/2011/12/over-achieving-elf-on-shelf-mommies.html

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Best-Ever Chocolate Chip Cookies

barely adapted from Anna Olson, Food Network Canada

Ingredients: 

3/4 c. unsalted butter, softened 

3/4 c. brown sugar 

1/4 c. granulated sugar 

1 egg 

2 tsp. vanilla extract 

2 c. all purpose flour 

2 tsp. cornstarch 

1 tsp. baking soda 

1/2 tsp. salt 

1 c. bittersweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2.  In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugars until fluffy and light in color. Add egg and vanilla and blend in.

3.  Mix in flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chunks.

4.  Using a standard-sized cookie scoop or tablespoon, drop dough onto a prepared baking sheet.  Bake for 8-10 minutes, until barely golden brown around the edges.  (The tops will not brown, but do NOT cook longer than ten minutes.)

5.  Let cool, on the sheet, on a wire rack for five minutes.  Remove from baking sheet and let cool completely.  Makes approximately 3 dozen.  Try not to eat them all.

**The fluffiest, chewiest, most amazing chocolate chip cookies I've ever had--all thanks to a very surprising ingredient.