Chalk it up to getting older, feeling like I'm running out of time, my nest being largely empty or maybe just the fact that I like to bake and I like cookies. But the week before my 18 year old daughter, Adair, headed off to college I suggested to my 9 year old daughter, Chloe, that after we returned from our week-long trip to settle her sister in her new dorm, we should begin making cookies. And I'm not talking a few nights and some random recipes. We've committed to all 100 cookie recipes contained in a cookbook entitled The Cookie Sampler. I have had this cookbook for many years and have tried a number of the recipes in the book over time. But now we are going to make ALL of them. At least one recipe a week - which means this project could last two years or more. I have a feeling I am going to learn a few lessons along the way and hopefully impart a few words of wisdom to Chloe before I run out of time.
Tonight we made our first recipe - Boston Sugar Cookies. We donned our aprons, measured out all the ingredients and put them together according to the recipe instructions. Then we baked. And then we ate. 3 cookies apiece out of the 4 dozen plus that we made. And a glass of milk, of course. We even took pictures! I've posted a few here.
No life lessons learned with this recipe but we made some good cookies. Next week - Apple Pecan Cookies.
