Blogs: Assigned Entry #1

I find most blogs uninteresting unless there is some personal attachment or insight into a personal interest. I do not have a FaceBook or Twitter or whatever else people do nowadays. I spend all day on a phone and a computer so the last thing I want to do when I'm off work is get back on either. I am artistic, so grab my attention with good pictures that make me want to read further. Just like a good cook book, your blog must first be pleasing to my eye so that I may delve deeper into your world. I have an interest in food and nutrition so http://blog.wholefoodsmarket.com/ was interesting to me with a nice design and photographs with an artistic flare. However, I have no interest in business or finance so a few blogs weren't even interesting enough for me to check out such as http://futurebanking.bankofamerica.com. While other blogs triggered a personal bias which made me even more reluctant to access their posts, like http://www.checkoutblog.com/, which was a blog associated with Wal-Mart. I have a personal hatred of Wal-Mart because of the lack of customer service and extremely long checkout lines. Blogs have unlimited potential and like a library has books, the internet has blogs on a vast variety of interests and uses.

DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES YOU CAN MAKE!

I know many people that think they can't cook but I find it has more to do with attitude than with capability. These cookies are easy!

MY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES (yields about 48 cookies)

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. You’ll need a large bowl and a medium sized bowl, a whisk and a wooden spoon.

Medium Sized Bowl

2 ½ cups of all purpose flour

1 tsp. salt

¾ tsp. baking soda

In the medium sized bowl you’ll add the flour, salt and baking soda. Stir well with a whisk or a fork so you don’t get clumps of baking soda or salt.

Large Bowl

I Stick  (softened or melted) butter or margarine (I prefer real butter)

¾ Cup of packed brown sugar

¼ Cup of white sugar

1 tsp. Vanilla

1 12 oz. bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips

¼ Cup of toffee pieces

In the large bowl add softened butter, sugars and vanilla,  then add 1 egg at a time and mix well. After that is ready slowly start adding in the flour mixture (about half a cup at a time). Mix well.

Now you’re ready to add chocolate chips and toffee pieces (this is the secret ingredient that will make your cookies a step above!) Just enough but not too much. With wooden spoon, combine until chips are distributed evenly

Drop teaspoon sized balls of dough onto cookie sheet and bake about 8-11 minutes (I like my cookies softer so 8 minutes works for me).

Allow to cookies to cool for a few minutes before removing from cookie sheet.