And so it begins...

To start, I really love cookies.

I love cookies so much, I consider them their own food group.

I once brought cookies to a job interview. And I got it.  (I should note that there was a specific reason for cookies to be at this particular interview, but I'll just let you think I did it to grease the wheels.)

I suppose I bake like most people cook, that being rather imprecisely. I've gotten better, but I still won't level out a cup of flour or pack down brown sugar. Spices and leaveners are doled out in pinches, usually. It always turns out tasty (well, most of the time), but I have trouble recreating the exact same cookie twice.

I'm an experimenter. I see an ingredient and build recipes around it. Or I take what's in the house and throw it in the ol' Kitchen-Aid for a whirl (best investment evar!) Recently I declared that I would take more care with my baking and actually properly measure and record the ingredients that I use in an experimental recipe (effort..) But one cookie got me thinking about perhaps starting a blog. I love to talk annoy my boyfriend about recipes and baking techniques nearly as much as I love talking about myself. So I figure why not shoot two stones with one bird and unleash my experimental recipes on the masses in a blog-type setting. Not that anyone will read it, but there is the therapeutic value.

The cookie in question that inspired this blog has a lot to do with my home state, Wisconsin. Not to give away the secret, but the secret ingredient is cheddar cheese. So I guess that gives away the secret. My aspiration in life is that one day this cookie becomes the official state cookie of the dairy land, but I guess I'd settle a gold star :)

If you stumbled across this page by accident, and are unusually enticed by the thought of a cheesy cookie, stay tuned for the forthcoming recipe.

Erika out!