365 Day Project - Day 317

The last time I attempted to bake my one of my favorite cookie recipes (Cayenne Spiced "Mexican Hot Chocolate  Snickerdoodles") it was in celebration of my oven finally being fixed.

I made the dough, rolled the spicy chocolate balls in the sugar and cinnamon topping, placed them lovingly on the cookie sheet, in the oven and shut the door.

Minutes went by and I noticed there was no "freshly baked cookie" smell wafting from my kitchen.

I checked on my beloved cookies only to find that they were not baking because my oven was, in fact, not fixed.  

My cookie dreams had been shattered.
I was defeated.
I never knew when I would be able to bake another cookie  in the comfort of my own home again.

So trust me people, today was a big day.

After months of a cookie-less existence, the stars finally aligned, and it was time. 

Time to bake cookies.

Here's all that played into the long-awaited bake session today:

1) I ate a Quinoa Chocolate Chip Cookie at Corina Bakery a couple weeks ago, and haven't been able to stop thinking about it since.

2) My sister recently sold me her old Kitchen Aid mixer (pictured above). She generously gave it to me for 50 bucks. 

 HELLS YEA!!!

3) Fred Meyer finally stocked its bulk section so I was able to purchase the needed quinoa to make the cookies I had been obsessing over.
4) OH yea, and I recently acquired a functioning baking device.

Here's the finished product:

 

And here's the link to the recipe I Googled (which is also included above, with various other links that make this story complete).

(Also, I was out of chocolate chips, so had to use the random bag of my roommate's peanut butter chips instead, which explains the lack of the rich, chocolatey hue in this shot).