The Chewy Chocolate Cookie

Chocolate chip cookies are one of those amazing treats that brighten almost everyone's day and are one of the most requested cookies in my house. Typically, I use a doubletree style chocolate chip cookie recipe, but I wanted to switch things up this time around.

Martha to the rescue! I found her chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe in her cookie book and they were a hit! Chewy with a little crunch, amazing both warm and cold. While they won't replace my every day cookie, experimenting can be fun!

Recipe at http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/soft-and-chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies.

The Baked Good for New Beginnings

The past few weeks have brought up a lot of change for me. New job search, new blog, and a new last name. I got married just a few short weeks ago and of course, what is one of the most important parts of a wedding day? The cake of course!

Being from Atlanta, while I had a lot of choices of bakers, we ended up choosing a Publix cake because they are so tasty. With the tasting complete, buttercream icing, chocolate fudge and cannoli fillings with yellow cake chosen, the one thing left was the design. As my about me section states, I secretly (well not so secretly now) think of running off and going to pasrty school. Some people want the circus, I want fresh bread and ganache. Left with a delicious cake, but not a great deal of decoration options, I took on the task of designing my own wedding cake.

I loved my design and was so happy with the final outcome.

Maybe pastry school wasn't such a far off idea anyway.