24. Cookies

I swear, there is nothing better in this world than coming home to the scent of freshly-baked cookies. It is impossible not to pull the rounds of chocolate-morsel-studded goodness out of the oven and shove the still-soft circles of deliciousness into your mouth.

Second degree burns may occur...

But it'll be totally worth it.

18. Cookies

As school is slowly grinding to a halt, classes are easing up and I finally have time to do those things that I enjoy so much. One of the things that I missed dearly is the simple joy of baking cookies. So last Tuesday (on a school night, no less) I resolved to bake a batch of shortbread. I proceeded to spend the next several hours calmly measuring, sifting, mixing, rolling; after a short stint in the oven, the resulting creations were a pale cream color, tinted just around the edges with caramel brown. The rich, buttery scent eminating from the oven wafted soothingly throughout the entire house. In spite of
the heat of the oven scalding my fingertips, it was impossible not to pull a jagged piece of cookie straight off the sheet.

Delicious.