homemade thin mints.

true story: i was a girl scout growing up. i never really looked forward to selling the cookies, but i sure did look forward to eating the boxes my parents bought.

my favorite are the thin mints...especially right out of the freezer.
i have seen a couple different recipes, but i went with this one because it made a lot. we needed enough for us to snack and give to neighbors.

i'm not going to lie, the recipe took quite a while but they turned out so cute. very good gift ideas!

the chocolate wafers could be a little bit sweeter, i might add more sugar next time.

the mint comes in with the coating. found this chocolate at michael's.

finished product.

all wrapped up and ready for delivery to neighbors.

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centsational girl's cookie party

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GLUTEN-FREE peanut butter cookies

It was our co-worker Allison's birthday this weekend! She has recently discovered needs to eliminate gluten from her diet for health reasons...and to be honest I am fairly clueless on what that actually means :) But I searched the good ole internet to find a recipe for birthday cookies! I found a recipe for peanut butter cookies. And they were pretty good if I say so myself. 

The original recipe was found on All Recipes, I doubled the recipe and added chocolate chips. Please don't correct me or inform Allison if chocolate has gluten. 

I'm not sure why the picture quality isn't great...ignore that ;)

Yes, this is seriously all that was in the cookies.

2 cups sugar.

2 cups peanut butter (which was almost the entire container).

2 eggs.

1/2 cup chocolate chips.

Mix the ingredients. Then drop on cookie sheet (I usually line mine with parchment paper so they don't brown). I flattened them with a fork...to make them cute.

Bake for 8-9 minutes. This recipe made us about 3 dozen cookies!

Happy Birthday Allison!!!

guess we aren't having cookies?

i just had to share this with yall...

Hubby was craving chocolate chip cookies, so being the good wife I am I agreed to make them this afternoon. About 30 minutes ago I put the butter on the counter to soften. I confess, I sorta got lost in my thoughts and forgot about the cookies (sorry babe!) Then I noticed, I hadn't seen nor heard from Millie. I assume she is napping, so I go to find her. I see her going to town on something....

Oh yes, Millie had somehow pulled the stick of butter off the counter and licked/ate about 3 tablespoons of butter. (Sorry for the crappy picture, couldn't get a good once since I was laughing so hard my body was shaking)

She couldn't stop licking her lips (not sure the correct dog term, but you know...)

I guess she loves butter just like her parents!

Now she is feeling guilty. Or maybe sick to her stomach?