thank you cookie monster

I saw a hilarious commercial with the Cookie Monster on Saturday for a company (won't mention who because I am not trying to promote anyone) - giggled the whole way through it. Here is the link if you're interested in just the fun of the cookie monster:
http://youtu.be/CCbWyYr82BM

So I woke up early on Sunday, very odd for me, as all of my return visitors will be aware of, stuck in my head was 'you should make chocolate chip cookies'... because 'COOKIES ARE GOOD'. "Yes, cookie monster-cookies are good" my brain told me, so by 7:30 I had coffee made, puppy fed, and was pulling baking goods out of the cupboards.

:) strange? maybe. unlike me? not so much.

So I started baking at 8:00 in the morning, 3 dozen chocolate chip cookies later - not enough - decided then that I really should make butterscotch brownies - because if cookies are good, well ... brownies are good too. Huge amount of brownies later, and by the way you have to be Hercules to stir these things! I was thinking - who is going to eat all this? I don't even eat sweets like that. (however, Levi - my pup - shared that he would happily partake of any leftovers (he had been at my feet for the whole cooking process), but since he can't have chocolate or pecans ... pretty much rules him out, much to his dismay! so of course I made him his own 'puupy safe' peanut butter cookies. and no, he isn't spoiled *wink*)

Then thankfully my boyfriend says, 'I can take some to work' - awesome!!

Luckily they taste amazing so not such a travesty, at least they won't go to waste.

Especially since I exploded flour all over the kitchen because my mixer was going too fast for the 'slowly add flour mixture' part of the recipe...oops!  But I think the lovely Julia Child would agree with me on this, if you aren't making a mess while you're cooking - you're not doing it right!