gojuchang chocolate chip cookies

I don’t know if it’s all the cookies or if time is actually moving faster, but this has been the quickest year ever. It’s November- NOVEMBER!!! I forgot to write last week because despite not working, I’ve actually been SUPER busy. Last week, I made the Gojuchang Cookies again and also Playdate Cookies from Dinner: A love story which I’m sure I’ve made before too.

I was in Melbourne on Tuesday for a fun fun fun secret squirrel day involving Millionaire Hot Seat (Say Less, Steph, SAY LESS!) There were cookies involved and trivia and a stop at Higher Ground in Melbourne- a place that’s usually my favorite cafe in Melbourne, however it left me SUPER disappointed this time around. I had a Miso Ham and Cheese toastie that was WAY overpriced and very average…. So now I”m looking for a new favourite Melbourne Cafe. Any ideas???

We also had a very cute food experience- Le Petit Chef at the Intercontinental Hotel in Double Bay. It was very fun, very cute, very unique.

I’ve also been poling, pickleballing and tennis playing but the super exciting thing is that it’s November, which means Thanksgiving. It absolutely does NOT mean that Christmas is 5 weeks away. ABSOLUTELY NOT ready for Christmas. But, Thanksgiving, yes please!!!

So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving and fall and pumpkins, I made Pumpkin Spice Latte cookies.

Full disclosure, I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin spice lattes. I had one once and it was meh. But I do LOVE pumpkin spice and often will season sweet potatoes with pumpkin spice and occasionally will put it into my ground coffee before I brew it.

What I do love is everything Thanksgiving, it’s the best holiday and one that doesn’t get nearly enough air time in Australia. Maybe the next two weeks of pumpkin theme cookies will help. Maybe not but I’ll enjoy it.

I also made Chocolate Sprinkle Birthday Cookies from Christina Tosi’s Milk Bar Kids Only Book.

Ok and since it is close to Christmas, it’s time to make my Christmas cookbook wishlist. What’s going to be on it this year?? Could I possibly find room for yet another Cookie Cookbook??? Only time (and Santa) will tell!

Wish me luck for another big week!

I’m in week 2 of my spring break and I’m leaning into it a bit. It’s a bit of a weird break but it’s good.

I’m enjoying the downtime and getting a bit done too. The best thing about having time off is Monday morning pole classes. I’m feeling really fit, healthy, and a bit sore but it’s great starting my week with 2 hours of exercise that doesn’t feel like exercise.

The only downside, they don’t get cookies. I’ve thought about it but I haven’t brought them into the cookie circle. Is that bad? Monday nights and Wednesday nights get cookies, but I’m just not sure I have it in me. Luckily, very few Monday morning people also do Monday or Wednesday nights so maybe ignorance is bliss for them?

Not sure. I do feel slightly guilty though about not including them in the cookie fold.

This week’s cookies are amazing – Gochujang Chocolate Chip Cookies and Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies from Sarah Keiffer’s 100 Cookies. Both are incredible but the Gochujangs are next level. They’re not spicy but they have a tinge of heat to them which makes them really nice. They’re less spicy than some of the other chilli chocolate ones I’ve made, but they have a lovely warmth to them. Big Fan! I am secretly paranoid that one of the cookies will be a full on spice bomb with ALL the chilli heat in one cookie, but it hasn’t happened yet!

And the brown butter chocolate chip ones are really good too. I’ve finally learned to brown butter without fear. I mean, there’s the constant fear of going too far and the butter burning, but also the fear of not going far enough and just having butter. But this brown butter was perfect. And the cookies were delicious!

So that’s a good metaphor for life right now, kind of being in limbo but being good-ish. The cookies, like life, are just spicy enough to be interesting but not blowing me away. There’s lots of exciting things are the horizon over the next few weeks, but for now, we’re just mellowing and waiting!

Oh…. and I got Crocs. Only 4 years late to the Croc party, but I’m in the Croc gang.