A Cooky Story
Cookies were the very first thing I baked when I got interested in the culinary arts. It was December and while browsing through a women’s magazine, I saw a recipe for spritz butter cookies. The recipe looked simple enough to make. My mother was into cakes and has never baked a cookie in her life so it was a surprise when I found a cookie press somewhere in our kitchen drawers.
For a first attempt, the cookies baked just right and I was very pleased with the results. I baked them again, put them in tins and gave them as Christmas gifts to my colleagues in the office. One of our managers Mrs. A._ liked them so much she asked for the recipe which I shared willingly. A few days after, she called and said that her cookies didn’t turn out like mine—did I give the correct recipe and directions? Of course I did. Anyway, she gave up and just asked me to bake for her and told me she will pay for it—my very first order! Mrs. A._’s failure actually jump-started my cookie business.
I have since expanded my repertoire to include cakes, chocolate confections and now cupcakes. But I still enjoy cookies. In fact, when I established my business, I named it Cookie Blossoms.
Recently, my friend M._ asked what sort of party favors can her daughter give away to her classmates on her 10th birthday. Cupcakes are out of the list since one classmate already had them. I suggested extra large chocolate chip cookie pops. While baking one test batch, it occured to me that I have these cookie pop molds. So I baked some double chocolate chip cookies and these were how they looked like:
M._ told me that the children were delighted with the cookie pops and everything was devoured. I’m sure the adults would have loved them, too!
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