There is just something about the smell of baking cookies that puts a smile on faces young and old. It's a smell that warms you from the inside out, even before you have taken your first bite. Because of convenience we have sadly become a society that bakes less and less, instead looking to store bought brands to feed our sweet tooth. But when you look at the overall cost of that one box of cookies and how much it costs to bake them from scratch you might discover as I did that I was losing money going for the store bought versions. So not only was I losing that amazing warming smell and the moist goodness of homemade cookies, I was paying more! As you may have come to realize through reading this blog that is a big pet peeve of mine. Why pay more when I can do it for less and it tastes better? Yes life does get busy and it is hard to make the time to make things from scratch but I have found if I really want something I make the time for it. Making the time for something like homemade cookies is just one of the ways that I like to tell people that I love them and from the smiles I get afterwards I think they know it.
