Because I Might As Well….

Well, I do like to cook…. And I am pretty good at it according to some people…So I decided that posting a cookie recipe was a great idea. I hope you like it.

You can, of course, substitute chocolate chips, dark chocolate chips, bittersweet chips, white chocolate chips, espresso chips…or what ever else you like with this.

Raspberry Chocolate Chip Cookies 

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups raspberry swirl chocolate chips**
• 1 cup unsalted almonds, chopped and toasted

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease cookie sheets, or use parchment or silpat sheets. Cream together butter and shortening, sugars, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time mixing well after each.
Stir dry ingredients together and stir into butter mixture. Stir in chips and almonds.
Drop from teaspoon onto baking sheets and bake for 8-10 minutes, until just done. Take them out slightly underdone and allow to sit for 5 minutes before removing them from the baking sheet. It takes a little experience to know just when to take them out of the oven for the perfect texture.
Makes about 4 dozen.

** these are no longer available from Hershey but you can get raspberry chips, as wella s other flavored chips at most baking supply shops, and on the internet.

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Excuse Me, Did You Lose This?

If you have ever checked out my cooking blogs, Baking Delights and Apron Strings & Simmering Things you know that I love to cook and bake and play with food. In fact, I have been known to engage in a food fight or two, yes since I was an adult, and yes in my own kitchen and even, ::blushing:::: spurring my own kids to throw food. Yes, I am….irresponsible. However this is truly the best of the best. Take a look.

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Comfort Food

A good friend of mine had a miscarriage this week. This is something I have never had to deal with. This is something I just can’t relate to, but I wanted to let her know she was loved and that I was thinking of her. Since I can’t sit down and tell her how much I understand, I nurtured her with some comfort food.

Several of her friends and I got together and planned out days to take meals to her. The last thing she needed to be worried about was how and what to feed her husband and her little boy.

I sat and thought about what kinds of foods make me feel good inside. What would I like to be brought after having suffered something like that? I decided on a pie theme. I made her a chicken pot pie and an apple pie - two of my favorite things to make.

So, I thought I would share one of the recipes I used with you. I also wanted to encourage you to take a friend in need a meal. It’s amazing what a simple meal can say to someone. It shows them you care and that you value them as a person. We all need that in our lives.

Chicken Pot Pie

Recipe below the cut.

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