NUMBER 247

tonight, friends, i won the lottery…but only if “winning the lottery” means already having everything in your pantry to make cookies. it never fails: after dinner, i want something sweet, just to finish off my meal. because of this little craving, there’s been an unsuccessful stream of mug cakes and eggless cookie doughs. enter: the small batch. tonight, i [successfully] whipped up a small batch of 8 chocolate chip cookies from scratch. the real big deal is that i only ate 2…for now. follow these super simple steps for a sweet midnight [or 8:00] snack.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES: SMALL BATCH
[makes 8 cookies]

1. preheat oven to 375*
2. in a small bowl combine 3 tablespoons of each: softened butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar
3. add 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract to your sugar paste/mix
4. mix up 1 egg in a small bowl. add 1 tablespoon of the egg to your sugar mix. save the rest for tomorrow night’s batch!
5. in another small bowl [or your measuring cup, if you’re lazy like me], combine 1/2 cup all purpose flour, 1/8 teaspoon baking soda, 1/8 teaspoon salt. add this to your sugar mix.
6. lastly, throw in 1/2 cup of chocolate chips.
7. roll or plop your dough into 8 individual cookies, and try your best not to eat the dough!
8. bake for 10-12 minutes.
9. ENJOY!

the 2nd best part: i only dirtied up 1 bowl, 1 cup, and 2 measuring spoons! [the pan doesn’t count if you use aluminum foil] the only tragedy in this story is that we were fresh out of milk!