posted Sunday, 18 December 2005
Stacey Bilinski hosted a Cookie "SmackDown" competition/party in Robbinsville, NJ. Following is the re-cap of the events (as recalled by Stacey)
Just a quick re-cap of yesterday's 2005 Cookie Smackdown. It was a small but intense competition. I also want to point out that it appears that the strick hand washing policy was adhered to (thanks Bonny) and no incidence of gi disturbances have been reported. This years competition, I decided to bring out of retirement, my peanut butter balls, thinking this was a slam dunk, I prepared the balls in advance had them chilling. But I guess I was too confident in my confection, and went to put Amber down for her nap, leaving my melting chocolate on the double boiler. Thank goodness for Nancy's olfactory perception or we may have had an inferno. Note to self, dont leave things on the stove top, and make sure fire extenguisher is close at hand. So after the first failed attempt I started again, and could not seem to get into the groove, despite several attempts to modify the chocolate coating, I ended up with a lump like consistency making my chocolate peanut butter balls look like turds from rabbits on steroids.
Thankfully the judges took pity on me, and I received an honorable mention. Rounding out the competition were 3 rookies, Bonny, Nancy, and Linda. So there was going to be a new champion - but who?? Was it going to be Nancy, who admittedly has only baked cookies once before? Linda, using her Grandma Cassill's secret recipe and an contraption similar to an Austin Power's like penile enhancment pump, or Bonny with her tried (at least once before) oatmeal, peanut, chocolate chunk cookies. We also had 2 new judges, and some fabulous prizes. Drum role pulllleez....
Runner up and favorite cookie of the those under 3 was Nancy's chocolate swirl chip, next was Linda's festive butter cookies and Bonny was the champ with her delicious prize winning entry.
Nancy, LC & Bonny prepare their dough... Nancy steers clear of the electric mixer, preferring to stir her dough by hand (though the video I took of her "stirring" the dough shows it was not without cost)
The ladies retreat to the hot-tub with Stacey to relax...
While the judges slave away inside, tasting the entries...
1. Mona left... 
Nancy always liked to help me make chocolate chip cookies, but for some reason refused to use the electric mixer. She always preferred to stir the dough by hand! The secret to great cc cookies is to refrigerate the dough overnight. Poor Nancy didn't stand a chance with her room temperature concoction. I'm glad she got honorable mention anyway. I enjoyed your photos which are making me very hungry. Have a great Christmas!!! Love, Mona
2. Mom left... Thursday, 22 December 2005 10:41 pm
Nancy always liked to help me make chocolate chip cookies, but for some reason refused to use the electric mixer. She always preferred to stir the dough by hand! The secret to great cc cookies is to refrigerate the dough overnight. Poor Nancy didn't stand a chance with her room temperature concoction. I'm glad she got honorable mention anyway. I enjoyed your photos which are making me very hungry. Have a great Christmas!!! Love, Mona Thursday, 22 December 2005 11:36 pm
Those cookies look great! I hope there will be some like that for Christmas. It is always more fun to bake with friends. I baked with my girlfriends many times, but never thought about making it a competition with prizes. Great idea!
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