Cookies 'n' Cream Brownie Cookies

So once more I find myself almost a month between posts! I'm not going to lie, the end of the semester takes a lot out of you. I'm in an odd place where I've been craving less super-sweet baked goods and more savory, oatmeal, honey, nut, etc. based goods. That being said, these cookies are not like that at all. Which is wonderful. I brought these into work and they disappeared in about two hours, all two dozen of them! You really cannot go wrong with a brownie cookie, it's the perfect mix of textures!

Election Day Pie

So given that I am a history graduate student, you know that election day is a pretty exciting day for me. There's been hundreds of election-day traditions that have cropped up since the first American election, and I'd argue that most of them involve food in some way, shape, or form. This Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Brownie Pie is my contribution to this culinary tradition. Happy Voting! And please ignore how lop-sided my icing job is..

Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Pinwheels

Ever since I started this blog I have a constant stream of baking-related thoughts sitting in the back of my mind. When I'm in the grocery store I'm ticking through an imaginary checklist of what would be good in a cookie, or how I could use those adorable mini rolos, or searching for new flavors of jello pudding. I have the type of mind that just can't turn off once I've stumbled onto an interesting idea. That normally helps me be a better researcher, and last night it made me a better baker. 

Cookies are often my safe place, they're the easiest recipes to think up all on my own. I don't typically make a lot of heavy baked goods--the physicist isn't a big fan of double chocolate choco chocolate like I am--but these cookies are indulgent and divine. And because I haven't done any internet searches to tell me otherwise, they're 100% my own creation.