3 Ways To A Happier Life

Hi, what am I doing posting on a Wednesday during school?

*ooh, bad girl truanting*
*ooh, bad girl not working her butt off unnecessarily*
*ooh, bad girl!*

Hehehe...

I will have you know that I can disprove all the above statements.

One: I am not truanting. Though every child takes the odd sick day which isn’t really a sick day, I can’t afford to anymore because we work quite a bit in school. So no, I woke up this morning with a splitting headache. And I’m telling you, I can sympathise with those bog body victims who got smashed with an axe on the skull before being tossed away. Ok, maybe not really

What is with the ridiculous 'share' business!

***1 1/2 hrs sleep later***

Two: I am working my butt off. Even though I am at home. I did my ancient history (bog bodies, so cool!), my modern history (ILY JFK), maths (ugh) and later I will be doing some English (double ugh)

***2 hrs sleep later***

I liked 2 hrs later

Three: I am not a bad girl. Um ok, maybe I am. Because I made some cookies. Because I was feeling no headache-y and well, frankly cookies are something which really make one feel better anyway, don’t you agree ?

Why did I make these cookies specifically? What you have to understand is this long and complicated equation:

3x – 4y/3xy + 24b + (-2)*-44x (squared) + 24/78 – (-0..987) + pi/pi x 3

I saw coloured spots too after reading that 'equation'

Translated into English: M&Ms = Cookies = Happy JJ & I = Lots of Modern History

See how difficult mathematicians make life? When it is really so simple

First I am on an M&M kick (obviously you saw that here...). Then I found this gorgeous recipe and changed it quite a bit because that’s just what I do as you all know! So working together my love + a huge jumbo pack of mixed M&Ms (malted crispy, peanut and milk oh how I adore you) + this recipe, I made cookies.

In order: Peanut, Crispy Malt and Milk Chocolate

Now you know me. Who is JJ? Maybe you should go meet her here (though never fear, you guys will be meeting again really soon ) She is my Modern History buddy. Together we are studying the infamous assassination of JFK, which is seriously interesting and I am not even being a touch sarcastic – remember how I said I liked writing ancient history essays? It stands but now includes MH.

My Puffy Freshly Baked Beauties

Anyway, we have approximately 5 trees worth of sheets between us of evidence which need to be categorised and noted so we can eventually write our essay. Fun? These cookies will make it fun. I promise

See? Stacking then eating cookies = fun!

So you see my necessity behind making these drop dead delicious cookies??? (Sorry JJ, but you can’t get to them till Friday and if you think I would wait that long, you are crazy )

JJ, you are one my best friends but there are always limits to even the greatest of friendships...

So where does my title for this post come in?

Life at its happiest...

Besides M&Ms, another things that make me happy are chewy cookies. The chewier my cookies the higher my um, happy meter goes

So 3 ways to a happier life = 3 ways to a chewier cookie
The first two of them were my changes:

• Brown sugar, all brown sugar – I didn’t even touch the caster stuff, it was nice and brown, so much brown (for variation, use dark brown and light brown )
  

  All hail!

• Brown butter (softened butter to melted butter is ok, but the depth of nutty caramelisation is only possible through browned butter…)
  

  All-to-be Hail!

• Adding an extra egg yolk. I have learnt an important thing – extra egg white means crunchier, extra egg yolk means more pliable… yes please

Extra tips:

• I pressed a couple of M&Ms on top before baking to give them a pretty top but it didn’t work the best because the M&Ms were not everywhere – as soon as a batch comes out of the oven, press in a few into the soft, cooling batter so it hardens around the candy piece for best results
  

  My little heaven balls

• Use a hint of coffee essence and a pinch of salt to really accentuate flavour
• Clip on a nose peg otherwise you will devour the entire batter before baking – I am just saying…

Is this not to die for? (Post dry ingredients)

And just on a side note, tomorrow is an important Indian day: The Festival of Colours called Holi

By making these cookies, I have also eaten two flavours in one bite (I don’t like ‘killed two birds with one stone – we are not so cruel anymore!) because their colourfulness celebrates this festival and they will help keep concentration during a major study sesh – score right?

Colours of Holi - YES!

Well, I am off for another hour or so of sleep – Enjoy these Brown Butter Mixed M&M Chewy Cookies

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