Attempting A First

As the time comes closer for the guys to come back I'm in on the planning committee to make a few welcome homes a bit better.

Just three gals, including me, showed up to the meeting with the head and two others that also work with the head.  Yes, I'm being vague since I can't be specific.

We decided posters for the barracks but food for the guys when the get home to the main point.  I loved the idea of chili but I'll leave that up to the other two and I'll make the cookies as well cookies are my specialty.

So I'm prepping the house for the first ever huge amount of dough to be burned baked in my ovens over a two or three day period.  I'll be making twenty-four dozen cookies.  I would attempt to do it all in one day if I were still in my 20's but hey I'm not in my 20's and I'm pregnant.   I need to take it easy.

I'm in the processing of defrosting the butter which will take a few days since there is so much of it.  Great thing about butter is that it freezes well and I love to purchase at least four pounds of it at a time to have on hand for those baking emergencies.

I have the ingredients lined up for the most part with the exception of all the flour I'll need but I keep sacks, yes I keep several sacks, of flour on hand.  Hey, I like to bake and cook.

So we'll see what happens when the guys come home.  I don't even have a set in stone date yet.  I'm just planning ahead.