Jeannie and I were talking about the movie Waitress recently and how every pie the character Jenna makes in the movie has a funny name like bad baby pie, or, baby screaming its head off in the middle of the night and ruining my life pie. And, who could forget, I can’t have no affair because it’s wrong and I don’t want Earl to kill me pie.
In this spirit, after a long and tiring day Tuesday I made a batch of cranky-as-hell cookies in the name of a very good cause. My company had a holiday bake sale on Thursday (we raised over $500!), and all proceeds are being donated to the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
These cookies aren’t especially pretty, but they do taste darn good. With chopped hazelnuts, chocolate chips, and nutella, it’s a decadent cookie. For the full recipe, click here.
Misshapen scoops of dough turned into…
…oddly shaped cookies!
And since we’re on the topic of baking, I’d like to share the conversation I had with my folks at dinner Wednesday night:
Mom: You don’t have to worry about what to do when Dad and I pass. We’ve got it all planned out. We’re going to be cremated.
Me: Ok. Where do you want to be scattered?
Dad: At sea!
Me: Really? But you’re not even a boat person.
Dad: Scatter me by the Dream Inn in Santa Cruz.
Mom: I want my ashes to be baked into a cake. And put a lid of marijuana in it too.
Me: (Incredulous) Um…You guys don’t want to be in the same place? Dad’s going to be in Santa Cruz and you want to be in a cake?…No one is going to eat the cake if your ashes are baked into it.
Mom: That’s all right. Just decorate it real pretty.
Me: What do we do with it afterward? Does it just get thrown away?
Mom: Sure, what do I care? I won’t know the difference.
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