Cake Batter Cookies

I haven't been baking sweets much lately.

They don't fit with an anti-cancer diet.

But my son sent me this recipe and asked.

That's all it takes.

This is actually the best picture of them.

and the best couple of pieces of advice

from the recipe.

#1- form the dough into tall blobs, and 

#2 (the hint I didn't take)

refrigerate at this point before baking. 

The purpose of these items is to 

hopefully, in the end, wind up

with fat cookies.

Not theses.

Flat cookies.

The baker did a fair amount of research and 

determined you can put too much

stuff in the batter among other observations.

It's a fairly interesting read if you are into

cookie baking.

http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2012/12/09/recipe-round-2-cake-batter-chocolate-chip-cookies/

Taste wise, I'm not convinced the cake mix made 

that big a difference in the taste.

But, I may be piling high and

refrigerating my chocolate chip cookie

dough in the future.

Such as my future in sweets is.... 

Chai Pumpkin Spice Thumbprints

There was a double draw to these for me.

First the flavors sounded good but

perhaps more intriguing was the thrill of the hunt.

Could I really find 

Pumpkin Spice Kisses?

Why, yes I could, and true to the advice from the 

recipe author, I found them at Target.

Back by the Halloween candy.

I will link the recipe for these 

but let me say this about that;

The Kisses themselves are very sweet.

The *sprinkling* of chai spice on top is rather sporadic.

I would suggest adding sugar to the spices

and rolling the tops of the cookies in that.

And lastly;

the Kisses are far too flesh toned for my comfort.

Two of those cookies together look like a body

part to me. 

If you know what I mean.

http://passthesushi.com/chai-pumpkin-spice-thumbprints/