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By Kim, March 28, 2010 1:22 pm

I have been missing for the last couple of days because we had a family emergency. The past few days have been very tiring and I just didn’t have the desire to write.   Family is so important and that was all that was on my mind.  We got home last night and totally vegged out on the couch.  I think we needed some serious down time.

This morning I wanted to make some serious comfort food. Sometimes you just want something that makes you feel a little more at ease.  I know it is probably not the healthiest but I just didn’t care this morning. So I decided that we needed some homemade chocolate chip cookies.  What is better than that? Plus my husband loves cookies so I figured he would help me enjoy them too!

I got busy on my cookie dough this afternoon. Check out the delicious looking dough. I could not resist a little sample.

The cookies turned out super good. They are soft and chewy. I do not like hard cookies. Plus the house smells like homemade cookies. I love that smell.  I think the cookies served the comfort purpose I was seeking.

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup softened butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

1 12 oz. package of semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.  Combine the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl and set aside.  Combine brown sugar, sugar, butter and vanilla and beat until creamy.  Add eggs and beat. Add the dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop mixture by rounded spoonfuls onto a non-greased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes. Makes about 2 dozen cookies.

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By Kim, November 15, 2009 5:25 pm

Ever since I noticed the cooler mornings and evenings, I have been thinking of Fall. Most of the time I am very sad to see summer go, but since this summer has been filled with house projects and work, I am actually ready for some cooler weather and less house work. Some of the trees are just starting to get a little yellow, but I know not before long they will be bright reds, oranges and yellows.

Along with my desire for cooler weather, has been my desire for pumpkin. Don’t ask me why, but the smell of spiced pumpkin makes me long for a cool fall day. So with that, I decided it was time for some pumpkin. But I didn’t want to make a pumpkin recipe that I have already made. That’s when I stumbled on Pumpkin Cookies. They sounded delish and I wanted to make them the instant I found the recipe.

The recipe was so easy and fast and as the cookies were baking my house was filling with the sweet aroma of pumpkin spice. Each cookie was like a little cake. They were soft and moist and full of flavor. They turned out to be a huge success. My husband is already talking about the next time I make them. So I think I will have to make this every year to welcome the changing season. Check out the recipe at Libby’s Pumpkin.