But mostly, I’ve just been rebelling lately. It’s the end of the year, the weather is getting nicer, my students are getting less-nicer, I’m feeling the itch for summer. And apparently this is affecting my behavior. For example, I really shouldn’t have (tried to) spontaneously paint the baseboard in our house all by myself. With no experience or paint remover. Gulp. I shouldn’t have made fun of Bjork for reading the Keurig instructional manual before bed. I also shouldn’t have pretended to be asleep when the low battery on the carbon monoxide detector wouldn’t stop beeping at 2am. I love my husband. Very much. I shouldn’t have attempted to salvage my bedhead hair this morning without taking a shower. Yikes. I shouldn’t have bought butter from the gas station. Let’s just say desperate times call for desperate measures. I really shouldn’t have eaten that much cookie dough. And most importantly, I shouldn’t have made these cookies without letting them chill for 24 hours. Waahhhhh! I am just too impatient! When I saw that amazing cookie dough, I just HAD to make them. Immediately. Sorry, New York Times. Patience with cookie dough is not my strong suit. The good news is that – even when I cheated on this recipe, the cookies were still ah-maz-ing. At the end of a long day, my palate does not discriminate against un-chilled cookie dough and/or cookies. The other good news is I was able to restrain myself for long enough to get some of the dough in the fridge, so today I will have a chance to try the cookies the proper way – after chilling for 24 hours. Now just cross your fingers that there will be a little dough left for that later today. And, just between us, I shouldn’t have eaten a cookie(s) for breakfast. 3.5 from 2 reviews But some rules were just made to be broken.
