It's been one hell of a...

There's a scene in the 5th season of Babylon 5 where Vir and Lennier are sitting at the bar and comparing whose day/year/5 years/life has been more troublesome.  My current rotation is kind of like that, and it's driven me to baking cookies.  That's right, cookies.  For an example, over the past 2 weeks, I have 1) cinched a diagnosis, 2) talked one of my interns through a lumbar puncture, 3) pushed Ativan, 4) seen various rooms on my floor get shut down due to hot water issues, 5) exchanged inappropriate jokes, 6) sent a med student to the ER, 7) received an origami star from a talented patient, 8) gained some gray hairs arranging a blood transfusion, 9) won a gift card.  I think that's a fair sampling.  So, to help the team that has seen all of this with me to celebrate or drown their sorrows, I got out the spatula and elbow grease and concocted...

(Not Yo') Grandmama's (Double) Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Ingredients: 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp salt, 2 sticks unsalted butter, 1 cup plus 1 tbsp sugar, 1/8 cup dark spiced rum, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 2 large eggs, 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips, 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt.  In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth.  Beat in rum, vanilla extract, and eggs.  Add flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time to butter mixture and mix until dough forms.  Add chocolate chips and stir gently until evenly distributed.  Drop approx 1 tbsp sized dough balls 1-2 inches apart on cookie sheets and bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned on bottom.  Remove from oven, let cool, and remove from sheets.  Makes approx 2 dozen cookies.

 Notes on the recipe: this tends to make for a very cake-like cookie (almost like a muffin top), and despite the spiced rum it comes out very light due to the lack of brown sugar.  That being said, I have requests from the team to bake again next week.  Well, we shall see....