First thing this morning, I was supposed to babysit my nephew. I had a rough night last night, staying up too late reading on my Kindle, though even that did not lull me to sleep. I took a muscle relaxer, but oddly it seemed my muscle pain and spasms increased. Eventually, some music to relax me and I fell asleep. Not early enough, though as When 10:30 came around (and so did my sister-in-law and nephew) I was still out.
I woke up quickly, though, with his bright, smiling face! That kid always makes my day! But while I was watching him, I remembered the jar of cookie mix from the baby shower for him. I'd been meaning for ages to make them. I wanted to do it on a day when hubby would be home to enjoy them fresh from the oven, but it seemed that I was often in too much pain or too fatigued to do so. Somehow revitalized by my visit with my nephew, I felt the urge to bake cookies. Once his dad had picked him up, I proceeded to get everything together to start baking.
I learned a few things from this. First is, don't let a mason jar of cookie ingredients sit for over a year. I think I doubled my work having the sugar, brown sugar, and flour so compacted and hard to break up. I did, of course, but just mixing the dry ingredients was enough to start the back pain.
Second, I need to get REAL mixing bowls! I was recently blessed to receive a hand mixer (thank you, Doreen!) but it was far too messy using it in that little pyrex bowl I use for my biggest mixing projects. It usually works well for mashed potatoes, but even being my biggest bowl, it was too small for these cookies.
Lastly, I think next time I'll be splitting up the job to save my back. Once I get proper mixing bowls, I think I'll start by mixing the dry ingredients, rest a bit, add the wet while the oven preheats and throw them in. I underestimated how much work such a simple thing would be. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, and the cookies are good!
I just have to plan better next time.
And get real mixing bowls. Gentle Hugs!
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