Cookie Dough "Troubles"

Okay, honestly they weren't that much of a "trouble" to make. The mixing part was a b*tch though. Or it could have been the fact that I was trying to be a man about it and mix with a wooden spoon, instead of the mixer. Eventually, I moved to the mixer. The mixer just looked ridiculously difficult though, once again, I'm wrong. We just got one of those fancy mixers, the one with the stand. Know what I'm talking about? Anyways, besides mixing being a b*tch... the chocolate was EVERYWHERE. And I mean EVERYWHERE! The stupid recipe said to "dip" the cookie dough balls with a spoon. So I tried it, and couldn't get the hang of it. Then I tried to "drizzle" the chocolate on to the cookie dough balls with a ziploc back. WRONG! The chocolate took on human form, busted out of the bag and went all over my hands. So, I improvised and rolled the cookie dough balls all in my chocolatey hands. It worked, quite well actually... just a teeny mess. Okay, a huge mess. But it was fun, I have to admit.

Anyways... so I'm making these for one of my best friends in the world, Dalton. He's one of the only boys in the whole world I can always count on. I'm seeing him for the first time in a very long time today, way too long if you ask me. He got back from the University of Miami late last night. So i'm bringing all 49 of these - yes, I said 49. They weren't kidding when they said this makes A LOT - to the wrestling match up at my old high school today. I'm sure the wrestlers will steal a few, okay ... more than a few. But its okay, i miss them too. (That rhymed!)

So the truffles weren't a complete disaster, they tasted great! For my first time cooking on my own, I'd have to say this was a success!

The ingredients! (Plus some vanilla and flour)

This is what I was talking about, cookie dough is a b*tch to mix. However, I tackled it!

Some of the FORTY-NINE cookie dough balls

FORTY NINE!

FINISHED PRODUCT!

FINISHED PRODUCT!

the messy, messy chocolate.

Blogging 1101.

Wow, they really should make a class for this. "Blogging" is definitely more complicated than it seems. Just trying to get my profile to look cute is some WORK! Which is exactly what I don't want this to be, work. This blog is something I spontaneously decided to do, hopefully I stick with it. That's been a problem for me in the past. I'm known to buy a journal - or 10 - write in it for a couple days, then give it up. More than likely, this will end up getting ignored, but for now let's stay positive :)

The purpose of doing all of this is to get me cooking. Oh, and trying to make time for it between studying, sleeping and trying to have somewhat of a social life. Should be interesting, huh? I've always had the typical "American Dream" in the back of my mind. Husband, white picket fence, dog barking, 3.5 kids... yep, that whole deal. Hopefully that's quite a few years away... However, when it happens (and I just know it will) I want my kids to say their mom is the BEST cook in the WORLD. I want my house to forever smell like cookies and home-cooked meals (without the help of candles).

So why not start now? If I'm trying to be the best in the world by the time I have those 3.5 kids, I'm  gonna have to get a head start on it. I'll be trying random recipes that I happen to come across, whether it be my Nana's chicken & dumplins recipe (which will be last, because it's nearly impossible to make them as good as her) or some random recipe found online. The random online recipe will be first. I'm going to ATTEMPT making cookie dough truffles. Should be easy enough, don't even have to bake it! That's going to be happening on Wednesday, for now I'll stick to figuring out how to work this thing.