first batch of cookies and a photo shoot

Here's how the photo-shoot turned out!

My boyfriend, James, and I love chocolate chip cookies. I don't ever try anything fancy when it comes to these cookies because the recipe on the package always comes out perfectly. Here's the one I follow from the Trader Joe's Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips bag:

Mr. Mixer at work

2 1/4 cups flour

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup softened butter

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 eggs

1 package chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Combine flour, salt and baking soda and set aside. Combine brown sugar, sugar, softened butter, and vanilla and beat until creamy. Add eggs and beat. Add dry ingredients and mix. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop mixture by rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets. Bake!

I cannot even explain how much easier baking is with Mr. Mixer! I cut down a lot of time and arm pain and it was just plain fun! Because my grandma bought me Mr. Mixer, I wanted to send her an extra special thank you note. So James and I set up a photo-shoot of me and Mr. Mixer using Instagram. Then we sent it the photo on a postcard, using Postagram, which is now on it's way to my grandma in Georgia!