What NOT To Do On A Hot Summer's Day

It's officially 95° degrees outside!  All my hopes of having record lows of under 80 temps all summer long, are now dashed with an even hotter forecast in the upcoming week.  And what am I doing right now?

Heating up my darn apartment, making cookies!

Why?  To fill up some more space on this blog of course!  Hopefully, someone will come along, and find something interesting to refer others to.  Because if they don't, I just slaved over a hot oven for nothing!

These cookies are GREAT!  They're buttery.  They're sweet.  And they make your home smell like you actually did something while your husband was at work.  (Although mine probably won't appreciate the fact that our place is now a few degrees hotter than it actually is outside now.  Oh well...)  But I like making them, because they are quick (as in everything is already in the Bisquick-- making it a one bowl/ one measuring cup mess (which I can totally deal with).

Buttermilk Candy Chip Cookies (A Variation On What's Probably Already Out There)

Prep time:  about 10 minutes  Yield:  About 2 1/2-3 dozen cookies
Level:  So easy!

• 1/2 cup (a stick) of cold butter (As I'm making these, I am trying Golden Soft margarine for the first time, and they are looking really good coming out of the oven!)
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 Cups Reduced-Fat Bisquick
• 1/2 cups walnuts (optional)
• 1-2 cups candy chips (depending on how much your wisdom tooth is killing you at the moment-- white chocolate, milk chocolate, m&m's, etc.)
• Parchment paper (I totally recommend this!  It's a nonstick dream!)

Preheat oven to 375°.  (Which on days like today, will bring up your home's temperature up to 86°-- with the portable a/c running!)  Mix butter, sugar and egg together.  Then mix in Bisquick, nuts and candy chips.

Drop by teaspoonfulls (I got one of those ice cream scoopers, because it's a lot easier), onto a parchment paper-lined, or ungreased cookie sheet.

                      

Bake 10 minutes or until lightly browned.  (Best bet-- use a pointed pie spatula (over a squared one), to gently nudge the cookies onto a cooling rack.)  And enjoy!