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We’ve Gone Tubing!

Kayla — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:25:39 +0000

It’s official! Cookies-n-cakes is growing at such an incredible rate that we’ve not expanded out clientel to the faithful viewers of the ever-popular YouTube. Check us out!

In addition, this expansion opens to doors for more fun things to come. Coming soon will be how-to videos, question-asnwer sessions and other forms of media meyhem. Get excited… great things are coming :)

Cookie with 6,000 Pounds of Chocolate

Kayla — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:24:54 +0000

Well, it’s official… all the cows are dry and it’s all because of what happened one afternoon on a football field. It was on that fateful day that the world’s largest cookie was constructed. In order to indulge in such an enormous treat, that would require thousands of glasses of milk, but in this case it was worth the costs.

If for no other reason, this cookie helped to cut back on energy costs all around the city for one day. For one day, no one had to bake cookies in their traditional energy sucking appliance. They were being green.

The world’s largest cookie, chocolate chip no doubt, was 31m (102 feet) in diameter and weighted 18,000 kg (40,000 lb)! That’s one big and heavy chocolate chip cookie! Want to make a cookie like this on your own. It sounds like an “interesting” task to tackle to sasy the least. Well, if you’re up for the challenge, you’ll need…

12,200 lbs. of Unbleached Flour
6,525 lbs. of Unsalted Butter
6,000 lbs. of Dark Chocolate Chunks
5,000 lbs. of Granulated Sugar
3,370 lbs. of Dark Brown Sugar
30,000 Whole Eggs
184 lbs. of Salt
79 lbs. Baking Soda
10 gallons of Pure Vanilla

Wow… when I first heard this story I thought, “well, I think I’ll go to the local grocery store and pick up these few items so I can get to baking.” I’ll only need a couple thousands pounds or each ingredient. (No thanks, I think I’ll just read about it!) Even beyond the fact that this cookie is huge, you have to wonder, how’d they blend all this batter and who had to clean the mixer?

Chocolate Chip Cookie Lowers Cholesterol

Kayla — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:44:17 +0000

Believe it folks, I speculated too. The reality is that now on the market there is a new cookie! These “Right Direction Cookies” have been proven to lower cholesterol and improve lipid subfraction profile, decreasing the risk of heart disease, according to a published study in The Journal of Nutrition (October).

The chocolate chip cookies, made with a combination of psyllium and plant sterols, are a tasty all-natural approach to reducing cardiovascular risk associated with cholesterol.

Who would have guessed that there was a healthy alternative to my love for cookies! It certainly won’t replace our favorite cookie recipes, but it is a step in the “Right Direction” towards better health and wellness.