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Accomplished
Aug. 6th, 2020 12:00 amI can't believe I did it. Cut things down to under 3k words and got it out with three days of writing. Took out most of the plot, but it's done. Under a week! Sadly Wy put my prompt and the mafia/drug smugglers in the same week. Well, I'll work on it anyway and post.
Was going to write yesterday, but actually felt really good and worked on the floor in the 3rd bedroom. It's mostly done, about two hours left to get the closet done. Going to need a bit of putty here and there and all the trim has to go back up later, but the subfloor, glue, and wood is all down. Got some photos, too difficult to post here.
Also made some fudge cookies, it was a copycat recipe of Archway Dutch Cocoa cookies. They are really good, and really bad for you.
{Copycat} Archway Dutch Cocoa Cookies
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 12 mins
Total Time: 32 mins
Servings: 2 1/2 dozen
Ingredients
2 cups of all purpose flour
¾ cup Dutch-process cocoa or Hershey's Special Dark cocoa *See Note*
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup of unsalted butter softened
2 cups of sugar plus a little for sugar coating
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Stir and set aside.
Using a mixer combine the butter and sugar until creamed. Add eggs. Mix together. Stir in vanilla. Add flour mixture a little at a time until completely incorporated.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill until firm, 1-2 hours.
Roll the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Pour 1/3 cup sugar into a small bowl or rimmed dish.
Roll each ball in sugar to completely coat.
Bake for 11-12 minutes until set in the middle. Move to a cooling rack after 1-2 minutes.
Notes:
Be careful not to over bake. Remove cookies after 11-12 minutes. Baking longer may mean that they harden as they cool. Let cool on a cookie sheet for one minute then move to rack to finish cooling.
Was going to write yesterday, but actually felt really good and worked on the floor in the 3rd bedroom. It's mostly done, about two hours left to get the closet done. Going to need a bit of putty here and there and all the trim has to go back up later, but the subfloor, glue, and wood is all down. Got some photos, too difficult to post here.
Also made some fudge cookies, it was a copycat recipe of Archway Dutch Cocoa cookies. They are really good, and really bad for you.
{Copycat} Archway Dutch Cocoa Cookies
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 12 mins
Total Time: 32 mins
Servings: 2 1/2 dozen
Ingredients
2 cups of all purpose flour
¾ cup Dutch-process cocoa or Hershey's Special Dark cocoa *See Note*
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup of unsalted butter softened
2 cups of sugar plus a little for sugar coating
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Stir and set aside.
Using a mixer combine the butter and sugar until creamed. Add eggs. Mix together. Stir in vanilla. Add flour mixture a little at a time until completely incorporated.
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill until firm, 1-2 hours.
Roll the dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Pour 1/3 cup sugar into a small bowl or rimmed dish.
Roll each ball in sugar to completely coat.
Bake for 11-12 minutes until set in the middle. Move to a cooling rack after 1-2 minutes.
Notes:
Be careful not to over bake. Remove cookies after 11-12 minutes. Baking longer may mean that they harden as they cool. Let cool on a cookie sheet for one minute then move to rack to finish cooling.
