Peanuts+Hazelnuts+Chocolate+One Hungry Domestic Goddess?

I'm simply covered in chocolate as I type this. Gooey, peanutbuttery, hazelnutty chocolate cookie dough.

You see, a few days ago, I saw a food blogger post something about flourless chocolate chip cookies. And it made the wheels in my head start turning. When I saw this recipe, I was intrigued, but the high sugar quantity threw me off. What's the point of making them flourless if you'll go into a glucose coma afterwards? (The peanut butter by itself is high is sugar, as I don't have access to natural and really love that three-letter brand!) But this afternoon, craving something sweet, I experimented with a modified version of the recipe. I had a hard time keeping my hands off while they cooled...ended up reading up on the Egyptian protests and why Georgia wants to return to the gold standard. Classic kitchen reading fare. But anyhow...I digress. Remember those no-bake cookies you used to make as kids? These are the grownup variety! I call them:

Nutty Chocoholics

1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup chocolate hazelnut spread
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
1/4-3/4 cup chopped nuts
1/4-1/2 cup chocolate chips

I mixed all but the nuts and chips together, then added nuts and chips until the texture was like cookie dough and studded with goodness. (Mine have pecans and cashews.)

Chill 5-10 minutes while the oven preheats at 350F, then pop them in for about 10-12 minutes. Leave on the pan to cool, so don't overbake. They should be puffy and fairly soft when you pull them out of the oven.

Crafty Things for Rainy Days

Okay, it's not actually a rainy day right now, but I discovered most of these sites ON rainy days!





Above is one of the bloggers I follow. Still inept with a pair of scissors and sewing machine though, so I ooh and ahh and stay away from the tutorials until I grow up enough to read directions all the way through before I start chopping away at things!

Also fun for browsing:

Domestic Sluttery


This one is in French but has beautiful dreamy ideas for itsy-bitsy places (like our future apartment. Sigh.)