COOKING COOKIES 101

Today we're making the most basic cookie in all the land: the cookie.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of flour (not the kind that's been sitting in the pantry for a year)
• 1/2 cup of butter (churned from the milk of happy cows)
• 1 egg (from a chicken that's not judging you for eating cookies)
• Sugar (just a pinch, don't overdo it)

Instructions:

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Don't burn it. That would be a disaster.
2. Add the flour and mix until it's just a big ball of dough. Not too big, not too small.
3. Fork in the road: add the sugar, or just eat it straight from the bag. Your call.
4. Place the dough on a baking sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes or until the edges are golden.

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