Remember, the theme of the month is Something Spooky This Way Comes.
The cookie of the week I baked this week was a blond cookie with Reese’s Pieces.
Some of us remember that in 1982 an extra-terrestrial came to earth and crash landed near a house in Southern California. The E.T. was befriended by a boy named Elliot with troubles of his own. The boy’s little sister Gertie, played by Drew Barrymore, was initially scared and then thrilled to have a playmate that was just her size. And then mom comes home and the government is hot on the heels of E.T. to experiment on him. All Elliot and Gertie wanted was to help E.T. get home.
Because Gertie was so scared and screamed so loudly when she met E.T., the Reese’s Pieces I think that this cookie, which is a perennial October cookie, fits the theme.
Now, it took me a bit to find the Reese’s Pieces but I was able to locate them at CVS of all places.
And they were on sale. So bonus for me!
Stove update- my favorite burner is still giving very low flame. From what I have read, this means because the natural gas is constricted in the line. This makes sense because the stove and oven are 20 years old and it is my favorite burner. Because it is a favorite it is used 90% of the time and is the right lower burner. The rest of the time more than 1 burner is in use. But the favorite burner is used at the same time as the other burner. Think pasta sauce on the favorite burner, and water for pasta on the other burner.
First world problem is that I had to learn the other burners. The next most used burner is the bottom left. Which is the biggest burner with the biggest flame of all.
Let’s just say that there was a learning curve.
I do not think this is the right time to buy a new stove due to political atmosphere and the here again and gone again, just kidding tariffs. But I will remain open to replacement. If I find a stove that I think can be useful.
The oven though? That is holding strong, despite the nearly 11 years of Cookie Thursday is a Thing.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it has been a lot of cookies.
I’m off to rewatch E.T.
Dispatches from the Evening Shift 