FRIDAYYY!!! Yes! It’s finally here! This week wasn’t that long, but I’m super happy that the last day of the NY state math exam is TODAY!
Yesterday after taking my sweet time getting ready for work, I still managed to leave early. I have found the earlier I leave, the longer it takes me to get to work. I really don’t know how that happens, but it really doesn’t make me want to leave any earlier!
I got an email yesterday asking about my favorite kitchen gadgets. I figured, why not post about them??
My favorite gadgets have to be (in no particular order) the Joyce Chen spiralizer because it does that.
Then there is my crinkle cutter. I love it because it makes anything just like fries.
Some of my other favorite gadgets are my avocado slicer, my dressing emulstir and my immersion blender. I love the soft serve it makes!
Moving on…
After I came home from work I updated my music with all new Glee songs so I would be motivated to run. I actually had a great run, especially compared to last Thursday’s which was TOUGH. I think it was the music that really got me going. Tell me I’m not the only one who has Glee on their ipod.
When I finished that I got started on 2 batches of Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies from Michelle at Brown Eyed Baker. I needed a quick and easy cookie recipe to make for tomorrow. My students deserve some homemade cookies for how hard they have been working over the past couple of months.
Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip
from Brown Eyed Baker
1 teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup light brown sugar (I used 1/2 cup by accident…a pretty good mistake!)
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
½ cup rolled oats
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
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Those cookies look PERFECT!!! Bookmarked. I'm staying at my mom's over the next few weeks and plan on using her big and gorgeous kitchen to the fullest!
Also, how sweet are you bringing those to your students??
Yum, I think I will make the same mistake with the sugar these look great! more is better yes?
You have so many fun kitchen gadgets!!
And your kids are going to love you for these cookies. Have fun at TJ's!! Don't get too lost in there
Yum, those cookies look great.
I am hoping to have a relaxing weekend, I have been go go go for a few weeks and need to slow down.
You are an awesome teacher…your students will love you for that stack of cookies! I love GLEE too, so no worries on the ipod music! I say whatever motivates you, right? Have a great day!!!
I am sure they are going to appreciate those cookies! Oooh that spiralizer looks too fun!
I'm very jealous of your gadgets!!! And the cookies look wonderful.
Great looking cookies – think I'll make those soon but with peanut butter chips in them. You can never have enough peanut butter. Yum.
I think I'm the only person in the world who has not watched Glee…think I'll rent it this summer when things slow down and see what the fuss is about!
Hope you have a lovely weekend. Mine is going to be nutso!
Those cookies look fabulous!!!
Those cookies look so delicious!
yay for testing being over! we start next week
weekend plans?
something fun tomorrow and then mom's day stuff on sunday…..too short of a weekend if you ask me.
I start to think "gee I wish I had those appliances too" but I'm not sure I'd know how to use them or where to begin… is the avocado tool really that useful? I've seen them in stores but don't know if they're practical or a gimmick
Thanks!
Katherine
Yummmm, those cookies do look good!
PS. I have been wanting one of those crinkle cutters!
I have ALWAYS wanted a crinkle cutter! Is that weird?! It would make my homemade fries look so much more professional
This might be a dumb question, but what is it that you "spiralized?" Whatever it is…I totally want that gadget!
Wish I was one of your students! Peanut butter cookies are my #1 favorite cookie. Your students won't know until much later in life what an impact you have made in their lives. Being rewarded for hard work it a much needed thing. The country needs more teachers like you. Have a wonderful weekend.
the cookies look PERFECT!
i love seeing your noodles and how yours compare to mine.
and your spiralizer makes slightly more "flat" and long noodles than round and curly. chen vs. the paderno. I can see it now, it's like two heavy weights squaring off
That is my favorite cookie combo ever!
I want to come over and borrow your gadgets!!! What fun.
Your gadgets are awesome! I don't have any cool stuff in my kitchen. I better get on it! And those cookies…holy Heaven!
mmmmmmm cookies look sooooo good
Love kitchen gadgets!! My fave is my kitchen aid stand alone mixer
You always have the most yummy looking treats on your blog. I couldn't never bake that much. I would be eating constantly
Those cookies look so good.
I really need to get myself a mixer cause I want to start making my own cookies and also biscuits and breads…
Those cookies look YUMMY!!!