This hair doesn't need a Bumpits

Woke up with a strange and enormous poof in my hair...


Which means the Chocolate Cookie Situation put on by SF Food Wars went down Sunday afternoon at Mighty in SOMISSPO (If you don't know, better ask somebody!)

After a night of dancing at Butter on Friday, I fell asleep with visions of sweet cream butter and sugar dancing in my head. The next morning I set out to bake enough cookies to feed 250 cookie lovers. 10 hours, 4lbs of chocolate, and one jumbo jar of Skippy (smooth!) peanut butter later, I was done! After the first couple of batches I was on autopilot and with the company of my best friend in the kitchen, it was a piece of...cookie.

As the 20 cookie competitors began setting up Sunday morning I was happy to see mine was the only one with peanut butter and that all the bakers' creations looked (and mostly tasted) amazing and unique. The Pants on the Ground Cookies simultaneously, stood out and fit right in, with the competition.

Thanks SF Food Wars for such a fun cookie-loving event and letting me share my cookies with people that truly appreciate a bangin' cookie.

Created by Ms. Jen Kuropat

...Plus, proceeds from ticket sales go to the SF Food Bank.

Cookie Competition Prep

It has become obvious as I sit in the office nine to five, five days a week, that my college escapades are over.

And so, here begins the blog on my new self-indulgent escapades....

in the kitchen on my quest to make a career out of baking. My goal is serious but probably as bad for my health as my college antics were, replacing booze with butter.

My path is not yet known, but it seems my first stop will be at SF Food Wars Chocolate Cookie Situation. My Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk cookie recipe has been perfected but the pressure is on to mix and bake so that each cookie (100 + of them) may reach its full potential of chewy deliciousness.

Here is one of the two crucial ingredients (5lbs of it!)

Guittard Dark Chocolate Chunks from Berkeley Bowl

Since the 'Chocolate Cookie Situation' competition pays homage to the party antics of JWOWW & The Situation from The Jersey Shore, the cookies are officially entered as Pants on the Ground Cookies. Not only will bakers be battling for the best cookie title but also out on the dance floor, fist-pumping Jersey style. Wish me luck!