Shannon Moreno

My Best Trip to King Soopers Ever...

For those who don’t know, King Soopers is the local grocery store in Colorado, a lot like Fry’s or Jewel-Osco, or whatever. Anyways, let’s set a scene it’s 10:45pm and I, along with my boyfriend, decide we want something sweet before Always Sunny at 11. We go to King Soopers, grab a pumpkin cheesecake (so not we intended, I just wanted A cookie), and as we’re at the self check out this lady comes up to me and she is apparently rolling something fierce. She asks me for directions, nay, he asks me where the fuck she is. As she’s trying to explain to me how fucking high and lost she is she tells me several things these are the highlights:

1. I have a very demure nose, and my nose ring looks excellent.

2. She was impressed I knew what the word demure meant, and that I am literate.

3. She told me I was a cat as far as Chinese astrological signs go, she could tell that about me because she is a really good judge of character…clearly.

4. She told me that my boyfriend was a keeper because he was secure enough to go shopping in pajama pants (which he did, didn’t make me so proud) and that he was willing to come to King Soopers late and night to please my requests. She also said she insisted on “marriage 2000,” whatever that means.

This lady was also with a SHADY ass Mexican, and she said she was talking to me because I “look really good at knowing cross streets” and where I am.

Everything about this was awesome.

Recipe for the Pumpkin Cookies

cameronchristopher:

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies (adapted from allrecipies) yields 16 large cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup canned pumpkin
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla paste (extract will work just fine)
• 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Method

1. Combine pumpkin, sugar, vegetable oil, and egg. In a separate bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and salt.
2. Dissolve the baking soda with the milk and stir in. Add flour mixture to pumpkin mixture and mix well.
3. Add vanilla and chocolate chips.
4. Drop by spoonful on greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for approximately 10 minutes or until lightly brown and firm. (I baked these at 360 degrees for 12 minutes)

(via mybakingaddiction)

One of the things I wanted to get better at this year was baking. I haven’t really become the Suzy Homemaker I’ve wanted, but there’s still time. These sound delicious, and I’m probably going to make them right now. Yum!