not just ANY chocolate chip cookie...

This week I read a blog and saw these: Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oh man, that Pioneer Woman! She's a genius! I keep my malted milk powder and my chocolate chips on the same pantry shelf ... and it NEVER dawned on me to combine them into my classic choclate chip cookie!

But as soon as she suggested it, I knew I'd love it! (Confession: every now and then I'll consume a very small tablespoon of malted milk powder ... just for kicks!)

In her blog, Ree notes that these cookies come out 'very thin' - she wasn't kidding. They sure are thin... in fact, when I first laid them out on the cooling rack one of them folded in half and fell through the rack! (Darn, I'll have to clean that up... ahem! Excuse me.)



And like I do with every batch of cookies I bake, I made ice cream sandwiches. It was a warm day... and an ice cream sandwich was a perfect treat!



Put the lid on...



And press down...



I know I don't need to say it, but make sure you consume before the ice cream melts...



So, what are you still doing sitting here? Go make some of these cookies!




enjoy your time in the kitchen...

RECIPE: Minty-Chocolate-Goodness

So, how could you go wrong with any of the above?! I mean it... tell me, how could one go wrong with mint and chocolate?!

Today I'm doing some Christmas baking... I'm putting together boxes of goodies to go along with presents to the family in Oregon and Texas. In the boxes will be a trio of chocolate goodies... THESE cookies, dipped pretzels and Buckeyes. Oh yum...

First - chop up a mound of Andes mints. And when I say a mound, I'm being literal. Try not to eat any of them while you're unwrapping them...

Second - mix the 4 ingredients (super easy)... and throw in the mound of mint-chocolate goodness.



Third - line up some heaping tablespoons of dough and slide it into the oven.



Fourth - cool on rack. Again, try to repress the urge to pick up a warm cookie... oh, who am I kidding?!

Minty-Chocolate Goodness Cookies
Recipe by Lori Tisdale

Ingredients
1 box Devil’s food cake mix
½ cup butter (one cube)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
6-8 ounce bag of Andes mints, chopped

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Mix all ingredients well: butter, eggs, vanilla and cake mix. Stir in chocolate chips. By the tablespoon, scoop onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes. Cool and serve.

Variations:
- Instead of mint candy, use chocolate chips (or any other kind of chip).
- Add 1 tablespoon of coffee granules to dough mix... the coffee flavor really pulls out the chocolate flavor.

enjoy time in your kitchen...