A good week means Sweet Treats...

I'm back! And this time with some sweet relief...yes...

The past several days have been quite productive and eventful.  I made made first appearance in an administrative hearing last week and I did produced quite a favorable outcome for my client in both of the hearings and he was quite happy and satisfied with those outcomes.  Then yesterday I pulled the trigger on something that I had been contemplating doing for quite awhile.  I had thought casually about expanding into athlete representation for a couple of years, but recently while I was making an appearance I was called to the bench by the judge and we were talking casually and he asked if I ever considered athlete representation.  I told him that I had given it some cursory thought before but never got too heavy into it, he then laid out several compelling reasons that I should consider it.  And admittedly the conversation piqued my curiosity, so after that conversation I sat down with a good friend who happens to be a elected district attorney and ran it past him and said that it was a natural fit for me and that I should have considered it years ago.  I then spoke with another friend who is a retired judge and he agreed with the consensus: that I need to do this.  And after giving the matter serious thought, yesterday I filed my application and background check authorization with the NFL and in July I go to D.C. for the annual conference and take the certification exam, then in October if all goes well I begin signing clients.  This is going to be fun...:)

And a good week means it was a good time for an indulgence of the sugary variety...

I was having a cookie fit the other day, and to celebrate the good week, I had a small cookie throwdown.

Real simple, real good! Let's get to it!

First pre-heat your oven to 300 degrees.

Then get a big bowl, glass ceramic, stainless or plastic.  Any of them will do.  Then combine 2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour, 1/4 tsp. of salt and 1 tsp. of Baking Soda.  Whisk it together with a wire whisk or a fork then set it aside.

In your mixing bowl combine 1/2 cup of white sugar, 1 cup of firmly packed brown sugar, and 1 cup (2 sticks) of salted butter that has already been softened and mix at low speed until it becomes a grainy paste.  Then add two large eggs to it and 2 tsp. of pure vanilla extract and mix a medium speed but be sure not to over mix.

From there add the flour mixture and 12 oz of semi-sweet chocolate chips, or like I did 12 oz. of white chocolate chips and blend on low speed until combined.  

From there drop rounded tablespoons full on an ungreased cookie sheet 2 inches apart, bake for 15-16 minutes or until golden brown, bake at 17-18 minutes if you prefer a crunchier cookie.  When done baking let stand on the cookie sheet and once cooled then transfer to a bowl or cookie jar wit a spatula and jump in and get scratch that sweet itch!

 Until next time!