Cookies To Lift The Spirtis.

Now I have baking ingredients such as flour from Saturday's tart, I'm going to attempt to bake some cookies. We're all feeling a bit down and saddened by the bad weather and the horrible, scary riots going on around the country, so I thought  back to the kitchen, pinny on and make something sweet to brighten the mood.
                                                           "Food to Brighten the Soul"

A glass of Australian Chardonnay and soda, Corinne Bailey Rae's beautiful voice coming from the iTunes makes a perfect Tuesday evening.


Ingredients:
350g/12 1/4 fl oz Flour
1 Table Spoon Bicarbonate Soda
1 Table Spoon Salt
225g/8 fl oz Butter
175g/6 1/4 fl oz Caster Sugar
175g/6 1/4 fl oz Brown Sugar (soft)
1 Table Spoon Vanilla Extract
2 Eggs
Dried Cranberries
Almond Dust

I still have no weighing scales as I'm avoiding the storage locker as seeing all my little house packed into boxes is somewhat heart breaking. However I've struck gold by finding a recipe that has already converted the grams into fluid oz. Haha! sorry Google but you are no longer of service to me!
The baking tray is in the dishwasher which is on so fingers crossed it finishes before I need it, apart from that, oven pre-heated (I'm becoming a dab hand at this part) and off I go.


And into my bowl go flour, baking soda and salt. At the risk of always failing at the first line I couldn't find baking soda but figure baking powders near enough the same...Right?
The trusty measuring jug comes out.
Had one of those awful moments when you're carefully pouring baking powder into your table spoon over the mixing bowl and half the box falls in around the spoon into the mixture...Oops!
Something tells me this is all going too well, more wine!

Have added almond dust to the mixture whilst the husband and puppy dance behind me. Totally guessed the amount of butter, I got confused by the measurements and have also resulted in adding half butter, half marg.

My butter is rock solid this could be a problem, I'm really not sure what to make of this butter, no idea how I'm suppose to make my 'creamy' mixture with solid butter. Aaaaaaaaaaargh! I feel Vampire Weekend's cheery beats are mocking me.
I reluctantly had to ask help from the husband...I needed muscle power. Now I think I have 'cream'

I have transferred my mixture into a bigger bowl, added eggs and now have goo! My poor little arms are killing me. In go the dried cranberries.
There is still no sign of the baking tray. I've rolled the mixture into clingfilm sausages until the tray is ready.

The clingfilm didn't work my mixture is too wet, I ended up just dolloping blobs of mixture onto my tray. Either way they're in the oven so fingers crossed.

I have just peaked through the oven door the cookies are massive, they put Millie's Cookies to shame, I hope the taste lives up to it.

My lift the spirit cookies have dampen my spirits even more, they're burnt I'm very disapointed.
The cookies which were suppost to cheer us all up were a disaster! However the cocktails from Sunday are back on the menu. Oh well till tomorrow


Soaps x