chocolate chip cookies

it's raining out. the kids are going nuts. what do we do? bake cookies! mmm, warm from the oven chocolate chip cookies...

1 cup unsalted butter, room temp

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2tsp pure vanilla extract

1/2 tsp salt

2 1/4 cup all purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 cups chocolate chips

pre-heat oven to 350 degrees, line cookie sheets with parchment or silpat.

in a medium sized bowl sift or whisk together the flour and baking soda, set aside. in the bowl of an electric mixer ,fitted with the paddle attchment, on medium cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, scraping down sides with a rubber spatula as needed. add eggs one at a time, incorporating well. add salt and vanilla. add flour mixture until just combined and then toss in the chocolate chips. do not overmix.

drop dough onto prepared sheets about 2" apart and bake for 8-11 minutes. cool on sheets for one minute and then transfer to wire rack to cool.

mmmm!

costumes

i literally stumbled onto this site called buy costumes and holy crap what a fantastic site! i think we spent about 2 hours yesterday looking at everything from sally from the nightmare before christmas to a banana. in the end derek and i decided on wonder woman and the flash for the kids.

and johanna picked out a tootsie roll for her little tootsie roll.

this is going to be awesome!

flight of the conchords

man, these dudes are hilarious.