mary's mountain cookies

i almost forgot to post about these amazing treats we had in fort collins.

we spent our sunday walking around old town, eating, shopping, and going to church...pretty much my perfect day.

after dinner we were craving something sweet, so we stopped in mary's cookie store.

look at these precious cookies...mine was two chocolate chip cookies with cookie dough in the middle. justin's was chocolate chip cookies with vanilla buttercream icing.

to die for. and oh-so-sweet.
neither of us could finish ours, so we saved them for breakfast. breakfast of champions.

chocolate chip bars

i made these little bars for a dinner we had this week for some of the student leaders in our ministry. they were so moist! i unfortunately was in a hurry while cooking and didn't take any pictures...not even of the end result. so go over to Mel's Kitchen Cafe and make those chocolate chip bars. you won't be disappointed!

chocolate chip cookie skillet

like i posted about yesterday, we experimented by making this cookie skillet recipe for justin's birthday.

first of all, it was really easy to make. if you can make chocolate chip cookies...this is easier!

ingredients (or use your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe):

2 1/4 cup all purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup butter, softened

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups chocolate chips

and...

a cast iron skillet. i'm pretty sure this one is 12 inches.

Preheat oven to 375.

Make chocolate cookies as normal...yes, i am too lazy to type it all out right now.

Press cookie dough in cast iron skillet.

Bake until edges are golden brown. 40-45 minutes, but make sure to check on it around 25 minute mark-it will probably need to be covered.

Cool, then sliced into wedges.

Serve with ice cream or you could frost like a cookie cake!

seriously, you have to try this. yummy.