Elizabeth Boyle | Baking Cookies

My son had this past Friday off from school. Imagine me, standing before the
calendar and thinking to myself, “Only two weeks into school and already the
teachers are shipping them home?” Haven’t they a care for my poor nerves? to
quote the always quotable Mrs. Bennett.

And since it was only the littlest hero and me at home, we decided to bake
cookies. He loves the measuring and the mixing, and we all love cookies, so
it’s a win all over the house. The first step was the debate over what sort of
cookies to make: Chocolate chip? No, Nick doesn’t like those. Sugar cookies?
No, not Dad’s favorite. Quite frankly, I’ve never met a cookie I’d turn down,
but go figure that my house of men are picky about such simple things. We
finally settled upon an old favorite recipe for gingersnaps, which everyone in
the house loves but then we had to make sure we had all the ingredients.