Cookies and Milk

milk is not refrigerated here until
it's in your own fridge

   I have wanted to try and make chocolate chip cookies ever

   since we arrived in Spain. Anyone who knows me, knows

   that chocolate chip cookies are a staple in our house--just the

   smell of them baking makes everything seem better; we all

   eat them as soon as they are out of the oven and the whole

   world seems right, at least until all the cookies are gone:)  So,

   today was the day. After a call to the elders, we found

   chocolate chips and I attempted to make them. 

 Here's what I learned:

ingredients--need to work on getting
the brown sugar to dissolve

I miss my Kitchenaid mixer--the hand beaters do not have a slow speed and flour went everywhere!

I need to buy a big bowl--it is hard to mix cookie dough in a big stockpot.

The oven is a little tricky--finally, on the last batch, I think I got the time and temp right!

Even eating the slightly crispy ones with a glass of cold milk, was good for my soul--it's been a rough week and I am ready to try again.