Thanks for all the encouragement on yesterday’s post! I’m trying to focus on the positive:
- It’s only 16 weeks
- I don’t have to pursue a career in Nursing
- Fall semester ALWAYS seems to go quicker than spring semester
- I’m only at the hospital (that gives me a panic attack and makes me cry) 16 times
- Once I get into it my nerves will go away and I’ll be fully focused and back on track
- It’ll give me something to do during the day.
Speaking of actually doing something during the day, I didn’t do much yesterday -It was a complete rest day. I did however bake some cookies!
These are like cake-y cookies. They are really soft a little chewy and so delicious
I used this recipe from How Sweet It Is. I only made half the recipe and substituted 1/2 whole wheat flour and chocolate chips (we had no mini M&Ms) . I’m really regretting my decision on only making half of the batch. These cookies have the texture of a the softest fluffiest cookie you were ever bite into, every bite is filled with mini chocolate chips, and overall they’re delicious.
I didn’t bother making too many substitutions because I wanted a cookie. A real cookie. It’s worth it 
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I also sat around, watched movies, blog stalked, and put a turkey in the crockpot. Seriously I love the crockpot. It makes amazing meals.
Oh yes I also made these: Puppy Chow/Muddy Buddies/Monkey Munch whatever you call them.
Best snack topper ever. I'm warning you, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP EATING THEM! These are great toppers for yogurt, cereal, and anything else
The recipe I followed was:
- 1/2 cup sunflower seed butter (you can use any kind PB, AB, Cashew Butter – whatever floats your boat)
- 1 cup chocolate chips, cacao nibs – again any kind of chocolate
- 9 cups of rice chex
- 1 cup powdered sugar
I heated the Sun butter up in the microwave with the chocolate, mixed in the rice chex so they were all covered up with chocolate, then put powdered sugar in a bag and dump the rice chex mix into the bag and shake! Then place in the fridge to firm up. Enter deliciousness.
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Question: Whats your favorite type of cookie?
Have you ever used the slow cooker/ crock pot?
Those cookies look so good I love white chocolate and butterscotch cookies but they have to be soft and chewy! 16 weeks will really fly by then it xmas is on its way!:) I’ve never cooked out of a slow cooker
The semester will be over in no time!
I love muesli cookies & ANZAC cookies
Yay for baking on rest days! That’s what I do too
Slow cookers rock for lazy bums like me, I can always brag about the extravagantly meal I made and no one will know the lack of work I really did haha 
PUPPY CHOW!!!! OMG I haven’t seen that since I was in like 5th grade! I totally forgot about that glorious, addicting snack. Man I have to make some right now.
Those cookies look pretty damn good! I say you should whip up another batch ASAP, and maybe share some with me? please?
I feel like I havent baked, let alone eaten a cookie in so long! I really like oat cookies, we sell oat cookies in the forms of ‘sticky date and ginger’ and ‘fig and pecan’ at my work, they are so good, or i really like white chocolate and macadamia.
Wow! I’ve never even considered making my own cereal!
Yummm I don’t discriminate against any cookies
All are welcome. I use my crock pot for split pea soup and making pulled pork. Both come out PERFECTLY.
Oh man I made pulled pork the other night. It was awesome! I love our crock pot
I love my crockpot! so yes I use it all the time. And those cookies sounds great, I am a huge apple cookie fan or good ol chocolate chip! Can’t be beat
Those muddy buddies are so addicting. We make them every Christmas and I can’t keep myself away from the bag!
Its a toss up between classic chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin – depending on the mood
I think puppy chow classifies as one of the most addicting foods there are, SO GOOD!
can you believe I’ve never had them before?! I’ve been missing out on a lot
The semester really does fly by, something I am reminding myself of as well! That type of snack is so dangerous around me, I can’t keep my hands from going back for more when it’s near me!
Frosted sugar or regular old chocolate chip are my favorite types of cookies
I want a crock pot! It seems I have a lot of food related things on my “want” wishlist haha!
I really want to get a slow cooker or crock pot to make some of the delicious recipes I find that use them here in blog world!
Fave cookies… oatmeal raisin or snicker doodles! mmmm
I promise you purchasing a crockpot is better than anything else kitchen related. If I could make everything in our crockpot I would. I love being able to put it on low in the morning and come home and have a completed dinner. It’s worth the money! We have 3 different sizes of crockpots!! We use our crockpot at least 2 times a week.
Your semester will just fly by and before you know it it will all be over! :0
Puppychow with sunbuttter sounds so good! Can you taste the difference between that and using peanut butter?
I never think to use the crockpot, but I really need to get on my game because it must make cooking so much easier.
Sea salt dark chocolate chip cookies <33333333
Yeah I can definitely taste the difference using sun butter… we didn’t have any PB that I felt like using. and I didn’t want to use my Almond Butter because I’m hoarding it since it’s so expensive so I opted for the sun butter and it was DELICIOUS! I can only imagine it’s just as good with pb. USE THE CROCK POT! it will change your life/dinners forever.
I’m headed back to school next week and I’m so excited and nervous at the same time! It’s always weird going back to work after a break- plus I’ve never taken a true graphic design course yet so I’m a bit intimidated to jump right in. But then again I can’t wait! Eeep. How nerve-wracking. I wish you the best, love! You’ll do fabulously. Stay positive!
My favorite cookie has always been warm chocolate chip straight from the oven. YUM! These look divine!
My mom is big on crock pot meals. Well, not ‘big’, but we used to have them once in a while. I’ve never had a veggie meal from one, though! I wonder if there are recipes. It’s perfect for meat, though- makes it very tender!
I’m with you on real cookies. I remember baking with barely any butter or sugar and… blech… I don’t even know how I stomached that crap. When it comes to cookies, there’s definitely nothing like the real thing. My favorite have got to be chocolate chip oatmeal… they just bring back a lot of good memories
Making that puupy chow now….=)
The crock pot is the best thing ever invented. EVER. It is in constant use during the winter. I love making soups in it, and my mom made meatballs in it last week that were absolutely delicious.
hmm my favorite type of cookie is probably just the simple fresh baked chocolate chip right out of the oven
– either that or one of those cake-y ones from giant
I can’t even remember the last time I had puppy chow! it was so long ago… I’d have to say i’m definitely a traditionalist when it comes to cookies. Well, as long as they have chocolate in them, i’m good!
I really want to bake ginger molasses cookies lately! I’m always reminded of them when I see them in starbucks.
OK first you tell me about these pillows of heaven, and now I see them, I am most def trying these. NOMM. I just bought another jar of sunflower seed butter tooo so I am ready to rock!
OMG i love puppy chow. so much. it’s like the best snack in the world
oh my gosh chex is such a weakness of mine- I need to make that immediately!!!
I LOVE puppy chow!! My friend used to make that stuff all the time. We’d go through an entire batch in an hour. So good!
Love my crock pot. I have a few crock pot specific recipes on my blog, but I love that you can just throw anything in there and come home to awesomeness.
Omg the fall definitely does fly by! Love your cookies, they look super tasty
I haven’t had those, but I totally agree on crock pots. They’re life savers sometimes.
THESE LOOK LIKE HEAVEN! i have a box of rice chex wf style in my room and i need to make these now!!!!
and GIRL you are gonna get through the TERM IN NO TIME I PROMISE!!!
Oh. My. Gosh.
Puppy chow is basically my favorite thing on the planet.
But once I start eating it, I CANNOT STOP. Like, for real. It’s kind of a problem. A problem for everyone else, because they don’t get any.
Ok I think I need to go make some.
I feel your pain; I’m stressed about starting classes! But we’ll both make it through just fine, i know it!
i love cakey cookies too! Maple, pecan and choc chip = heaven!
Just got a new jar of sunbutter.. I guess I know what I’m doing tonight
and yes, i can officially say i’m a crockpot user! I have two crockpot recipes so far, but there will be many more in the future 
I love to make chili’s in the crock pot. I have a feeling once fall comes around I will be using it again
I love homemade chocolate chip & sugar cookies… and Samoas (or Caramel Delights as some like to call em) Ok, I guess that was 3 and not my one favorite… I am quite the cookie monster clearly
The summer has gone by so fast, but at least hopefully the semester will too! I start school next Monday
Yumm! I love cake-like cookies!
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man, i’m dreading going back to school, too! i love being done with work when i get home & it sucks to have always have something i could/should be doing!
oh well, we gotsta do what we gotsta do!
ps – love the crock pot for steel cut oats!