Let's try this again

You may remember that I tried to bake chocolate chip cookies about a week ago. That was such a disappointment (and so disgusting) it has taken me a while to recover and try again. But after buying the molasses yesterday, I decided I needed to give the homemade brown sugar a try. And what better way than with chocolate chip cookies.

I was a little leery at first because the molasses and sugar where not mixing well. But once I threw the butter into the mix, things started shaping up. When I was finished with the dough, I could taste the molasses in it. However, after refrigerating the dough for a couple of hours the molasses taste was gone and it just tasted like good ol' chocolate chip cookie dough. This is the recipe I used, in case you want to give it a try.

Here's the finished product (on a lovely piece of Polish pottery). They turned out crisp around the edges and soft in the middle -- just like from the bakery.

And while we're in the kitchen, I'd like to show off these air-tight canisters I bought to store flour and sugar and such. Aren't they so cute!

And the colors go so well with the tiles in my kitchen! I may just have to leave them sitting on the counter.