Homemade.

{Makings of not-so-great cookies}

Do you remember how I told you I baked something on Saturday and I would tell you about it later? Well, I baked homemade Thin Mints. I’ve been meaning to try this recipe for a year now (ask my sister, she gave me cornstarch to make them last Valentine’s day).  I like cooking, especially when I make delicious food, but I love baking.  It feels much more natural to me, I really enjoy it, and I’m a pretty fine baker if I say so myself.  My mom's also a really good baker and has taught us to bake from scratch since we were born.  I'm a serious proponent of homemade baked goods over boxed/processed things.  Which is exactly why I was so excited to try these homemade thin mints.

As a side note, it breaks my heart when someone doesn't know what goes into a cake because they have never made one before. It's really not that hard, everyone should do it at least once.  And I will never get over someone asking me with that wide-eyed awed expression "You made the icing yourself?" Why yes, I did. It is probably the simplest thing to make and anyone could do it so stop buying the gross stuff from the food store filled with preservatives and God knows what else and make your own icing.  I'll teach it you, it'll be fun.

Back to my thin mints..So I finally got to make my thin mints and it was a bust. The recipe wasn’t that good.  The actual cookies weren’t minty or sweet enough and too hard.  However, as my mom keeps reminding me, it was a learning experience and I have some ideas about how I could make my own better thin mints.  Well, at least the cookies look pretty; sometimes looks are the only thing you having going for you.

Now back to studying for my lab practical tomorrow, I've already procrastinated enough tonight. 

{The best part of the cookies}

{My grandmom taught me that the proper way to melt chocolate is with a double boiler and I think it is completely worth it to use one. It melts the chocolate consistently and doesn't burn it.}

{Looks can be deceiving}