Rolo Cookies

Today I needed some sheets put on my bed, and also a Dr. Pepper, but didn't want to go down to the basement for the 500th time in 15 minutes. So I asked B to go for me (I know, lazy). He told me yes, if I would make him some of "those yummy fudgy cookies you gave me and K at lunch the other day". He was talking about these.

Seriously, they are amazing, and not just for sentimental reasons, mostly because they are delicious. But they do make me think of this place:

and of these people:

And those are some very, very happy thoughts.

The cooks made us these cookies super often. Once a week maybe... Definitely not often enough! You should make these cookies, and then tell me how awesome they are. I, on the other hand, am going to be making these cookies with my kids this time (the last batch I made with my cute friend Meagan, and they were delicious, and I ate like half a batch by myself! And I have a hard time even feeling bad about it.)

Description:
YUMMY!!!

Ingredients:
2 1/2 Cups Flour
1 t. Baking Soda
1 Cup Butter
2 t. Vanilla
2 T. Sugar
3/4 Cups Cocoa
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
48 Rolos (You can also use the caramel filled kisses... I imagine that you could come up with some pretty delicious combinations I'm thinking the mint filled kisses....)

Directions:
Combine flour, cocoa, and soda. Set aside.   Beat sugar (both kinds) and butter until blended.   Add eggs and vanilla. Add dry mixture. Shape into small balls. Press Rolos in each center of ball and cover with dough.   Roll in (the 2 T.) sugar.   Bake on un-greased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes at 350 degrees.

Number Of Servings:Makes 4 dozen (The number of rolos in a bag-- ish, convenient, huh?

Butterfingers Popcorn and some craftiness

So, once upon a time, a long long time ago, this summer, I had a hankering to make and eat something I'd seen on Sister's Cafe. It was white chocolate popcorn with M&M's in it. And let me tell you, we all thought it was AMAZING! (We is me, Amy, the girls, the girls at the inn, everyone!) Anyway, I've had some left over white chocolate from my valentines day dessert but didn't have any M&M's, but I DID have a Butterfingers bar. And then the genius struck. (Side note: I also have a friend who's been having a rough time and well, my language of love is baking/cooking)

It's so easy!
Here's what you'll need:
1 Bag of popcorn (I like the extra butter kind... but it's even good with the 'healthy' kind)
1 butterfingers bar
3 bricks of almond bark white chocolate

Pop 2 bags of popcorn. Meanwhile chop the chocolate up then melt it in 30 second intervals at 50% power till it's about half melted. Then you can just keep stirring and the rest of it should melt.
While that's going on, chop up your butterfingers bar. as small as you want your pieces (I did mine pretty fine and I liked it that way).
Then, you just mix it all together in a big bowl (popcorn first, then white chocolate then the butterfingers)
Mix it up then dump it onto a sheet of parchment paper to let set!

While the popcorn was drying, I got crafty :) I have 4 different pirouette cans leftover from different projects that I've been saving for the most perfect occasion: today!

I just took the cans, and covered them with scrapbook paper and decorated them, and filled them with the hardened popcorn (but definitely I tried some first... so yummy!)

Here's the finished product:

Wouldn't you be happy to get one of these on your door?