Cookies and New Neighbors

A single mom who lives down the street from us just adopted two Ethiopian pre-teens.  She now has four kiddos at home.  We've kind of crossed paths a few times, but I definitely don't know her well.

We decided to make some cookies for their family, as a way to welcome the new kids and introduce ourselves.  Kind of corny, but whatever. 

So I bought some pre-made cookie dough, which is a total cop-out but it was all I had time for last week.  And when we brought over the cookies, no one was home.  The contractor who was painting at the house said they were going to be gone for several days.  Had to eat the cookies ourselves.  Big bummer.

Yesterday I decided to get all ambitious and make actual cookies, like, from a recipe, with ingredients and everything.

We made peanut butter cookies first, and Pumpkin was a big help.

Then we made chocolate chip cookies, and Pumpkin clearly preferred the chocolate chip over the peanut butter, after numerous taste tests.  You can see that he takes the evaluation very seriously.  (Edited: photo removed)

The dough was kind of thin for some reason, so I added some quick oats to try to thicken it up a bit.  Every sheet of cookies was different, dang it, because I didn't measure how much oatmeal I put in.  You can see the progression below.

Cookie #1: Super thin batter, yummy cookie but nasty looking.

Cookie #2: Better with some quick oats, but still cow pie-ish.

Cookie #3: Whoa!  Over-compensation with the quick oats produces a rock hard "cookie" that is more like a regularity supplement.

Cookie #4: Finally, chocolate chip and oatmeal cookie perfection!  Mmmm...

I arranged a lovely plate of cookies and put them in a round purple cookie-box kind of thing with a welcome card (oh yes, I did, because I am SuperWoman), and brought them over to the neighbors.  Pumpkin and I met the very nice mom and all four of her sweet and adorable children. 

It was quite a process, but I think it was worth it!

Comments

[Heidi - happy mom]

Oh you are so superwoman, I have been thinking for weeks that I need to make cookies with my kids, and yet no cookies!

[Lisa M]

Oh YUM. Love cookies, and peanut butter ones are the best. Good for you, in welcoming new people.

What an amazing experience your neighbor must be having.

That was nice of you-

[beagle]

That was very kind. I ought to strive to be more neighborly myself.

Pumpkin looks so serious. He may have a future as a food critic. (Not a bad job in my estimation!)

[Kat]

Now here is the real question - how much of the cookie dough was eaten before the cookies were made? That is my big problem when I make cookies. :) What a nice thing for you guys to do together!

[wen]

that was so sweet of you to do. i'm sure it was most appreciated. :)