As you might know I love to bake. Wait, let me rephrase that so that it’s closer to the truth. I love to eat cookies. Therefore I bake to feed my addiction, in-between the moments that my sister-in-law is not supplying me with cupcakes and other sweets of the delicious variety. It’s actually something that Emma, one of the main characters in my upcoming YA novel INBETWEEN, loves too. She is definitely a baker, and a good one at that. One of the hazards of her having the gift of yum though, is it attracts moochers. Like her best friend Cash who tends to hover when he smells something cooking next door. So, with that in mind, I’d like to introduce Emma and Cash. She’s promised to cook us up a new cookie recipe and Cash…well, Emma why is Cash here again?
“He’s here to be unhelpful and get in my way,” she says, slapping Cash’s hand when he reaches for a bowl of chocolate chips.
“Hey, I’m here to test the finished product,” he says. “What good’s a cook without someone to eat it. I’m the most important part of this process.”
Emma rolls her eyes and pulls her hair up into a bun. “Whatever you say.”
So, Emma, how about a list of ingredients to get us started. What does everybody reading at home need to bake with us?
“Okay, first of all you need 2 cups of mini semi sweet chocolate chips.”
“Make that more like… one and halfish cups of chocolate chips Em, ” Cash says, swallowing.
“Cash! Stop eating the ingredients!”
“Don’t act like you don’t have enough of this crap in your pantry to last you through a zombie apocalypse,” he says.
“Fine, go get that other bag.” Emma waves Cash off and tucks a strand of blonde hair behind her ear and sighs. “Ingredients. Okay. You also need the following…
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 package instant vanilla pudding
1 stick margarine or butter softened (I like margarine)
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 large egg
1 large egg white
And…” Emma trails off and smiles at Cash when he tosses her a bag of chocolate chips. “And two cups mini chocolate chips.”
“See.” Cash grins and raises his pierced brow. “I’m helpful.”
Okay guys, what’s next?
Emma pulls out two mixing bowls and blows the hair out of her eyes.
“First you need to mix the flour and pudding mix in a separate small bowl. Then beat the butter in a large mixing bowl on med-high speed for like 30 seconds,” Emma says.
Cash laughs and Emma glares at him as she mixes the butter. “Don’t say it. I don’t even want to know why you think that’s funny.”
He shrugs and pops another chocolate chip into his mouth.
“Okay, now you want to beat in the brown sugar and baking soda into the butter until it’s all mixed,” she says. “Now, beat in the egg and egg white.” She stops to mix everything together.
“Now, gradually mix in the flour mixture until it’s well blended.” Cash tips the flour mix into the bowl while Emma mixes. When they’re done he grins.
“See, what would you do without me?” He asks, wiping the flour on his palms onto the front of his green t-shirt that says Kiss Me. I’m pretending to be Irish.
Emma rolls her eyes and grins, flicking more flour onto him.
“After that all you need to do is gently stir in the chocolate chips with a spoon,” she says.
“How long till their done?” Cash asks, holding his hand out. “Here let me put them on the pan.”
“Trust you with a bowl full of cookie dough?” Emma laughs. “Do I look stupid?”
“You have flour on your nose.” Cash grins and leans on the counter. “Do you really want me to answer that?”
“Anyway, now you just drop the dough in rounded teaspoons 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet and cook at 350 for about 10 minutes. Cool and eat!”
Awesome! Sounds easy enough. I guess we can go ahead and get out this batch we baked earlier before Cash has a panick attack.
Emma laughs. “I think we better. How about we post a pic to show everyone how they turned out?”
Pudding Chip Cookies!
So Cash, how do they taste?
He shoves his second cookie into his mouth and gives two thumbs up. “Hot. Just like I like my women.”
“Really?” Emma asks laughing. “I swear your jokes get worse everyday.”
“Then why are you laughing?” He waggles his eye brows.
I guess that means they’re good! How about you Emma? What do you rate them?
She swallows a bite and grins. “I give them 4 out of 5 scythes.”
Cash chokes. “Scythes? You choose scythes as your rating method? Shouldn’t you use whisks or stars or something not related to death?”
“Finn’s idea.” Emma shrugs. ”Reaper humor. He thought it would be funny.”
“You’re boyfriend has a sick sense of humor,” Cash says.
Okay, well that’s our cookie recipe for the week! Hope you guys enjoy them as much as we are! Have a great weekend!
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