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I never realized how many phrases there are about cookies. Weird.

Anyway, I made two more batches on Friday:

Batch #6 "Cakey Chocolate Chip Cookies"
Recipe from Martha Stewart. Edges are thin, crisp and brown. The middle is thick, cakey and white. The flavor is good and sweet and the texture is light. I followed the recipe exactly and used my stand mixer and lined the cookie sheets with parchment paper. I'm sure you could use a hand mixer and a bare cookie sheet, but being a Martha recipe, I'm not surprised that you need extra tools. Gentleman Caller said the flavor is good, "but it's not a cookie." Another taster thought this cookie was better as a "breakfast application."

Batch #7 "Thin-and-Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookies"
This recipe makes a lot of cookies, and uses only one bowl. For that, it gets extra points. The cookies are very thin, crispy and crunchy with a nice brown color. Have you ever read The Little Prince? These cookies remind me of the drawing in the book of a hat, or a snake who just ate an elephant, however you look at it. The cookies flattened out so much that the chocolate chips really stand out. There is a nice ratio of chocolate chips to cookie. This is tied with batch #1 for GC's favorite.

Also on Friday, while I had my stand mixer out (limited counter space does not allow the mixer to live on the counter), I made some pizza dough. The recipe made enough dough for two crusts. It was super easy and the crusts were awesome. I questioned their awesomeness until I ate a slice. Yum. The crust was thin and crispy, but sturdy enough to hold all of the toppings without flopping down in the center. First pizza was topped with garlic sauce, zucchini, red pepper, caramelized onion, Parmesan cheese and cheddar. Second pizza was topped with leftover bbq pork, potatoes, corn and a pizza blend of cheese.

Cookies and pizza. Man, that's livin' large.