It is time...

These are perhaps the best chocolate chip cookies that I have ever tasted. My mom and I found the recipe when she was out here in South Carolina right after I had Gus. She was watching Food Network and they featured a bakery in NYC called the Levain Bakery and made me look it up online. We did and found out that they don't actually give out their recipe but they do give links to other peoples blogs who have tried to copy their fabulous cookies and that is where we found this one. So if you love cookies and are looking for a new one to try this one is just the one!!

Enjoy!

Levain Copycat Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 Cup cold butter
2 1/2 Cup flour
2 Tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 Tsp. Baking Soda
1 Tsp. Salt
2/3 Cup Brown Sugar
2/3 Cup White Sugar
2 Large eggs cold
12 oz. Chocolate Chips
3/4 Cup Walnuts

In a bowl mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt. Cut in the cold butter until crumbs. Add sugars and stir well. Add eggs and mix until dough forms. Stir in Choco chips and nuts and chill dough for at least 1 hour. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Put 1/2 the dough on a cookie sheet and round it into 7 large balls of dough. Bake for 13-18 mins. (And when we made them we made the dough by hand, didn't use the mixer at all)

They are huge cookies and kind of cake like but super tasty.

Enjoy and happy baking!

I love this!

New video chat in Gmail. Love it. Want everyone I know to try it.

A Week (or so) of Pics

I'll make this short and sweet. We haven't really been up to much lately so I'll keep the words to a minimum and the pictures to a max. Greg, Gus and I are now officially on our own here. We just had Greg's mom Stacie stay with us for 10 wonderful days. She was just a big help and little Gus just loves her!! After her visit I went to Utah for a week while Greg was at a conference in Miami Beach. It was great to be back in Utah for a little while and so fun to spend time with family. We totally surprised my dad by just showing up Saturday night. My sister Jessa just walked into the house holding Gus while I hid around the cornere. My dad was so confused and had no clue what was going on and I couldn't help it so I just jumped out from around the corner and completed the surprise. It was so fun to have my fam see Gus and be able to spend time with him, and it was a bonus for me because there were always so many willing arms to hold him. It just makes me so excited for Christmas when we'll be able to introduce Gus to all our family!!
On a different note, we had the best mail day yesterday. We got the cutest package from my little brother Tucker who is serving a mission in NYC. It was a simple note, 2 pics and a cute cute beenie for Gus that he had knitted himself. I was so excited I almost started crying. Darn pregnancy/motherhood hormones.
Anyway, enjoy the pics!!


We love Nanna


Great Gramma and Gus


Cousins


Trick or Treating around the cirlce.....Gus is a Clemson Tiger


Gus and his new friend Jack


Our fall family photo


This is the hat from Tuck...I love love love it