…because she doesn’t like crispy cookies…

Just when I thought these summer days were getting a wee bit monotonous, a new project emerged — Cookie College.

As I’ve mentioned in an earlier post, my home baking has proved to be quite a hit here in the land of store-bought goods. Recently, I was asked by a friend if I would consider teaching her the fine art of cookie making. I said yes, of course, and the idea began to develop. She mentioned that there were more who wanted to learn, and so when a night was decided upon, I sent out a quick message to a handful of people expecting to get a couple of bites.

Yeah, I got a couple.

What I ended up with on Thursday night was a group of 10 people ecstatic about making cookies! We donned my apron collection (how wonderful to have a use for all those lovely things) and got to work. I did most of the work on the first batch, carefully describing each step: creaming the butter and sugar first, then adding eggs and vanilla, then dry ingredients gradually, etc. We talked about oven temperature, we talked about how to know they’re done, we talked about not over-baking (unless you like black-on-bottom crunchy disks) and we had a fun time doing it. The second batch was all students with no help from me (well, perhaps I offered a tiny bit of input). All in all, it was a tasty night and a good time was had by all! I sent everyone home with ziploc baggies full of treats and I’ve already  prepared the theme for our next class: Banana Muffins.

*cue dramatic music*

I’ll leave you with a few shots from Cookie College so that you can a) catch a glimpse of the baking in action and b) catch a glimpse of my somewhat still new apartment… well, at least the kitchen (sorry, I’ve been bad about posting photos).

a few of the chefs before class

list of ingredients

everyone watches with bated breath as I use the mixer

I don't know why we're taking another picture!

supervising my scholars

this guy was a good sport (notice the Valentine apron)

hot cookies!