One of my 2018 resolutions is to make more cookies. Not healthy cookies or breakfast cookies–but really good cookies. Cookies have never been my specialty because I just don’t like eating them that much. Which means I’ve never been interested in perfecting any cookie…
But when I met Colin almost six years ago, I started to understand the importance of cookies in some people’s lives. My husband LOVES cookies. He says almost once a week, “I’m craving chocolate chip cookies.” And when we were first dating, he was obsessed with a cookie they sold at a local coffee shop. It was a big cookie, with everything in it, including multi-colored M&Ms. So when he brought a bag of random M&Ms home the other night, I was immediately reminded of the coffee shop cookie and decided to create my very own version.
But before I got to making the perfect monster cookie, I knew I needed to do more research. I’ve made a few kinds of cookies over the past few weeks, and Colin has been very happy. I’ve made Magnolia Bakery’s classic peanut butter cookies, Sarah Kieffer’s pan-banging chocolate chip cookies and Martha Stewart’s classic oatmeal lace cookies.
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