Twelve Days of Cookies, Day 12!!

For the piece de resistance of the twelve days of cookies project, I attempted a recipe for chocolate cookies that was famously made every year by my grandma Neena. She would make them in great quantites and send them to everyone. Let's just say I had very big shoes to fill --these cookies are known, so the pressure was on. I was doubting the cookies were turning out at every step. I kept thinking in my head, "OK, its a do-over. I knew I would have at least one..." But I forged ahead. The doubters and nay-sayers in my family were telling me the cookies were too light in color -- Neenas were much darker and more chocolately. But don't judge a cookie before its frosted! The frosting made the cookies much richer, and suddenly I had achieved the ultimate -- historical cookie accuracy. The greatest compliment I got was "Hey Kendra, these taste just like Neena's!"

Thanks for reading, everyone. Its been a fun and fattening December! Stay tuned for more meaningless forays into cooking and baking minutia. xxoo Merry Cristmas! Kendra