Open Call: Snickerdoodles!

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:12:57 -0500

For those of you who prefer your cookies soft and chewy rather than crispy, I present the most evil cookies in the universe. Please note: you will need to make several dozen more than you think you'll need, because somehow they seem to disappear before I can even get them out of the kitchen. Sometimes they barely make it to the cooling rack. Best of all, there are only THREE ingredients.

1 box of cake mix, any flavor (for Snickerdoodles I like to use Pillsbury French Vanilla, but haven't been able to find it in years; I assume it's discontinued. If you find it, buy them out.)

2 eggs

1/2 Cup of oil

Mix these up till they're well-blended, then roll up into balls.

Throw them into a bowl containing a sugar/cinnamon mix and coat them well. (Okay, technically that makes five ingredients. Sue me.)

Put them on an ungreased cookie sheet or baking stone and bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes.

My favorite variation on this uses Devil's Food cake mix coated with just sugar.

Do try to restrain yourself long enough not to burn your tongue.

Merry Everything!

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Open Call: A First! (With Firsts)

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:07:06 -0400

Okay, so this isn't technically my first post. Humor me anyway.

1. Who was your FIRST prom date?

Never had a prom.

2. Who was your FIRST love and do you still talk with him/her?

My husband, and of course!

3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink?

Pink champagne. Sorry, CHEAP pink champagne.

4. What was your FIRST job?

Cashier in a women's clothing store at the mall. Retail, ugh.

5. What was your FIRST car?

A 1978 Buick Skylark. I've had two Buicks and loved them both.

6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today?

Nobody.

7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning?

My husband.

8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher?

I haven't the faintest idea. For some reason, this makes me feel vaguely ashamed.

9. When and where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane?

Atlanta in 1976, back in the days when they still gave out peanuts, playing cards, and 'wings'. The pilot let me flip all the switches to 'turn on the plane'.

10. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk?

See question #2.

11. Where was your FIRST sleepover?

Never had one.

12. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today?

Do the cats count? My 'man of leisure' was still snoring when I left the house.

13. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time?

Flower girl in my mother's wedding to my stepfather, 1977.

14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning?

Same thing I do every morning: stared in wonder at the gorgeous light patterns on my bedroom ceiling, wishing I could capture them on film. What can I say? I'm easily amused.

15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to?

I'm pretty sure it was Steve Winwood at the Mann Music Center in Philly.

16. FIRST tattoo?

An abstract design around my left ankle; two friends and I got the same tattoo at the same time and now every time I look at it I think of them and wonder where they are.

17. FIRST piercing?

My ears at age 9, in 1977, after much begging and pleading. My first 'real' earrings were Avon's 'Delicate Daisies' and they were heavy. So heavy, in fact, that in my paranoia over having them fall out, I pushed one of the backs clear into my lobe and had to have the doctor remove it.

18. FIRST foreign country you've been to?

Canada.

19. FIRST movie you remember seeing in the theater?

I can't remember. The first movie I remember hearing was "The Exorcist". (A drive-in, no babysitter, and the threat of bodily harm if my 6-year-old head popped up over the backseat.)

20. FIRST Detention you had?

Age 10, in 1978. One of the bullies/mean girls accused me of showing off because I used a polysyllabic word. I stood up and threw my milk directly into her face in front of the whole dining hall.

21. What was the FIRST state you lived in?

Ohio.

22. If you had three wishes, what would the FIRST one be?

I wish I could wake up one morning and find out that everyone in the world had lost the capacity for fear and greed, and indeed didn't even know what those things were.

23. What is the FIRST thing you would learn if you had the chance?

It's a toss-up between fractal geometry and any language other than English.

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