It's a gift OR Why do I lie!?

So, this is a baking blog, right? Well yes, that is mostly right. But sometimes something so awesome (and by awesome I mean horrific) happens that I feel the need to blog about it. This doesn't happen very frequently. But I figured since this story is somewhat food related, I could tell it here and no one would really mind. Also, it is my blog and I will derail it if I want to.

So in a moment of weakness (I have one of these moments about once an hour) I stopped at See's Candies on my way home from the Post Office today. For those of you not in California, See's candies is the devil. It is also known as a chocolate shop. They make, in my opinion, the best chocolates ever. Since it is right next to my local Starbuck's I figured I would grab my nonfat latte and pop my head in and pick up a couple pieces of chocolate (It's all about balance people).

That didn't happen. I did not pick up a couple of piece of chocolate. I decided to buy a whole box of chocolate. Now, to be fair, I will not be eating this whole box in one sitting. I'm not that pathetic (I don't mean to insinuate that if you eat an entire box of chocolates in one day that you are pathetic. O.k.....yes I do) . A box of chocolate (12 pieces) will last me at the very least a week.

So, I'm picking out my chocolates and the lady asks me "Is this a gift?"

and I froze.

I could have just said "No." But I was afraid she would judge me. I don't even know why I cared. This lady looked like maybe she had eaten a few boxes of See's candies in her life, so who was she to judge?

But I did not say "No." I said "Yes, it is a gift."

I was baffled by the words coming out of my mouth. But I figured it was out there now, and that was the end of it. I was wrong. I was so wrong. My lies did not end there. This was the dialogue that followed:

Her: What is the gift for?

Me: It's a Thank You gift.

Her: Oh how thoughtful of you! Everyone loves to receive chocolates!

Me: Oh yeah, I'm sure she'll love it.

Her: Would you like me to wrap it for you?

Me: That would be lovely!

So she wraps it all up and throws a big "Thank you!" sticker on the top. And a little gold ribbon!

I'm dying. I'm almost thinking at this point that I should find someone who has done something nice for me recently and give it to them.

As I'm paying for my "gift", my head hung low in shame, she asks:

Her: Would you like anything else? Maybe a few chocolates for yourself?

Me: Oh...ha...ha....No, that's ok. Hopefully my friend will share with me! he...he...he...

I then grabbed my purchase and slinked out of the store.

So now, I have this beautifully wrapped box of chocolates. I don't even want to open it. I feel so stupid.

Ok, who the hell am I kidding? I'm about to rip this baby open. Shame be damned!

Recipe #100 - Icebox Butter Cookies - The Baking

I have a feeling you might be needing this.

Why? Because I've been a bad, bad blogger. A flogger for the blogger. Get it? I'm not redeeming myself, am I?

So here's the skinny, my babies. I'm LAZY. I know. If you know me, even a little bit, you already know this. First I didn't have ingredients, then my kitchen was messy, then I wanted cupcakes instead of cookies, then I wanted to take a nap. So today, I decided I would just buckle down and make my cookies.

I woke up with a meaaaan craving for cupcakes this morning. It was so mean that I decided to go onto Yelp.com and find a local bakery and drive there and procure said cupcakes. I went to Danville Bakery on Hartz Ave. and picked up some cupcakes to sate my craving. And holy crap. These cupcakes were the most amazing thing I've eaten in YEARS.

So, I did that.

Then Nate messaged me from work saying that he really wanted to make these chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes that he found a recipe for, but the dough has to chill for like 3 hours before you can make the cupcakes. So I went ahead and made the cookie dough and put that in the freezer.

THEN! I did all all of the dishes and started on my cookies.

To recap.

I bought cupcakes, I started to make cupcakes, I started to make cookies.

I have been a dessert machine today.

So I realize that the dough for my icebox cookies needs to chill in the fridge for an hour or up to overnight. I will probably wind up baking them tomorrow as I'm going to be baking Nate's cupcakes tonight, but I figured I would post the start of my cookie bakings today. Mostly because I've gotten a few people bugging me about it. Thank you for that, though. I need a swift kick in the ass sometimes.

These cookies are ridonkulously simple. Look at the ingredients. I bet you have all of this in your cupboards right now.

Butter, Egg, Vanilla, Flour, Sugar, and Salt. The chocolate is optional.

So the recipe says to cream the butter and sugar with a paddle attachment. Doesn't it frigging figure that I can't find my paddle attachment. There really aren't many places that it could be. Regardless, I can't find it anywhere. So, I throw caution to the wind.

My mixer is so sexy.

I used the whisk attachment. I don't think this will make a huge difference, but I'm sure one you culinary types will tell me if I made a big no no. Everything seemed to cream just fine, so I think all will be well with my cookies.

Then you mix in all the rest of the crap. I didn't take a picture because it wasn't that interesting. So then you roll the dough into a log. And it doesn't look that appetizing. But don't let the appearance fool you. I may have licked the whisk....and the spatula....and then scraped the bowl with the spatula and licked it again. I may have done that. And if I did do that, maybe the dough is really really really frigging tasty.

Maybe.

Who's to say for sure. You'll never know.

EAT ME!

This recipe actually makes enough for TWO dough logs. I'm surprised I was able to contain myself and not eat one whole log by myself, unbaked. I'm not that pathetic. Yet.

LOGS. PLURAL!

So, that's all I've got for now. Right now the logs are sitting in my fridge. Waiting for me. Tomorrow I'm supposed to roll them in sanding sugar. I have an idea of what that is and I think I even have some. But I think it is rainbow colored. Will that look tacky? Do I care?

STAY TUNED BITCHES!