m a k e { a n d } t a k e

i’ve taken a break from blogging.  { and } baking.  at least a break from baking new things to blog.  i made these chocolate mint cookies a while back to use up these dark chocolate mint chips that i snagged around the holidays.  they were delicious cookies.  kind of like those crispy mint ones those swindlers girls sell you.  only in a soft cookie form.  yum. 

i decided that i am going to start sharing more than just food photos on my blog.  i used to use flickr { and } loved it.  i think it’s a great way to share your pictures { and } be inspired by other people’s photography.  then facebook came along { and } i slowly stopped posting on flickr.  i didn’t renew my account a few months back { and } will probably not go back to it.  however, i do enjoy sharing my photos with more than just facebook.  this all came to fruition in my head last night when i went to grab some pictures to email to a friend off of my external hard drive.  i am  v e r y  diligent about backing my photos up on that hard drive.  i copy, double check, open, triple check, etc. before deleting the downloaded pictures off my computer.  when i went to get those pictures last night, my external hard drive decided that the 2011 folder of  a l l  of my 2011 pictures was corrupt.  seriously.  complete meltdown.  fifty dollars { and } a recovery program later,  s o m e  of my pictures have been recovered.  not all { and } certainly none of the corrupt ones from that hard drive.  but, i suppose these things happen.  luckily i do post pictures regularly onto facebook { and } should be able to download decent size files of those pictures.  crisis not averted, but i just had to deal with it.  hopefully people will enjoy the pictures i’ll post on here.  for now, though, back to the cookies. 

chocolate mint cookies.

{ since these chips are obviously a limited edition, if you don’t have them you could substitute with bittersweet chocolate chips { and } add some mint extract }