The Joys of Cooking, The Trials of Dishwashing

There are few things I enjoy more then cooking, especially when it comes to something like cookies, cake, brownies, pies and anything else that is sweet.  Bread isn't bad when it actually turns out and boring old main and side dishes aren't too bad either.  However, there is nothing so wonderful as getting to mix up a batch of cookie dough, tasting it at various intervals, just to make sure it hasn't spoiled since five seconds ago.  Then of course while you are baking the cookies you have to make sure the dough still tastes fine.  I suppose that is why you make an extra big batch so you don't end up short a dozen cookies.  Unfortunately with the joys of cooking come the trials of dishwashing.  I love cooking as much as I hate dishwashing.  Once I am done making my scrumptious dessert, dishwashing is last on my list.  However, they tend to just sit there until my conscience wears down on me and I slump back into the kitchen to wash them up.
I suppose that one has to take the rough with the smooth, or as in this case, a sink full of dishes with a cookie jar full of cookies.

A Favorite Cookie Recipie :)

Snazzy Snickerdoodles

1 3/4 C. all-purpose flour                     1 C. sugar

1 tsp. cream of tartar                          1 egg

1/2 tsp. baking soda                            1 tsp. vanilla

1/8 tsp. salt                                        1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/2 C. butter, softened                       2 T. sugar

Preheat oven to 375˚.  In a small mixing bowl, combine flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, mix butter and 1 cup sugar until well blended and creamy. Stir in egg and vanilla. Add flour mixture, stirring until soft dough forms. Do not refrigerate. Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Roll dough into balls and then in sugar/cinnamon mixture & place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 9-11 minutes or until cookies are set.  

Lois Johnson, avid writer, tea drinker, and reader but first and foremost, avid Christian.