Cookie Disaster and the final semi-homemade dinner of the week

So I spent most of today swapping my winter clothing out of my closets, putting my spring/summer things in (yea in Texas you really only need two types of clothing, cold weather and hot weather) and cleaning up. So this afternoon after I finished I decided to mess around in the kitchen. I had coconut and some chocolate chips that needed to be used and have been toying with the idea of mixing some things in with a chocolate based cookie...so there may be more cookies to come until I get that bug out of my system!

First off, my cookie fiesta.....in keeping with the need to use up the coconut and chocolate chips I mixed up a batch of Double Chocolate Coconut Cookies.

Double Chocolate Coconut Cookies
1 Cup Granulated Sugar
1 Cup Dark Brown Sugar
2 Sticks (1 Cup) Softened Unsalted Butter
1 Egg
1 Tsp Vanilla
1/2 Tsp Baking Soda
1/2 Tsp Salt
1/3 Cup Cocoa Powder
1 3/4 Cup All-Purpose Flour
2 Cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 1/2 Cups Sweetend Coconut

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Cream softened butter and the sugars.
3. Add egg and vanillas to creamed butter/sugar, mix.
4. Mix all dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Slowly add mixture to butter/sugar mix.
5. Add coconut and chocolate chips to the batter.
6. 1 Heaping tablespoon is approximately one big old cookie - bake 10-12 minutes, until cooked but not burned.
7. Cool - Enjoy!




So the second recipe, not quite as successful, really it didn't become much of a cookie at all....thank God for the silpat!



As you can see, the Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookies weren't quite successful as cookies......so I ended up pouring the remaining batter into a greased/floured 8x8 pan and baking it as a bar. It isn't terribly pretty but it's tasty.

So, we'll call these the not- cookie:

Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip NOT Cookies
1 Cup Melted Butter
1 Cup Brown Sugar
1 1/2 Cups Granulated Sugar
1 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1/2 Tsp Salt
2 Eggs
1 Tsp Vanilla
1 Tsp Baking Soda
1/2 Tsp Baking Powder
2 Cups Oatmeal
2 1/4 Cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Cream butter and sugars.
3. Add egg, peanut butter and vanilla to butter/sugar mixture, mix well.
4. Mix in salt, baking soda and baking powder.
5. Add oatmeal and chocolate chips, mix well.
6. Pour into a greased and floured 8x8 pan.
7. Let cook 30-35 minutes, until firm in center.


After my cookie fiesta/fiasco I reverted to a slightly less involved bit of cooking....to round out the semi-homemade week that I've had, pizza!

Two pizzas, one a BBQ Chicken Pizza with red onions, smoked gouda and red onions and the second, a margharita pizza with fresh mozzarella and tomato!