Cookies, Cookies, Cookies

I've been busy the last few days with work and house things.  I am trying to get back on track with Fly Lady and have been following my missions for the days.  I also try and sneak in a few extra things if I have time.

My husband has been sick since probably Saturday or so and has been in bed, sleeping, watching awful tv and reading some.  I did not have in any plan, anywhere, him sick.  I tried to be nice to him but on Monday when I was ready to change the bed, he was still in the bed.  Problem. 

He did decide to go to the doctor so I zipped in, ripped off the old, put on the new sheets and was able to do my laundry load for that day that included the sheets in with the whites.  Yay!  He came home from the doctor with a prescription for a sinus infection and hardly knew that I was hoping he'd leave for a while!

My other issue was that my menu plan this week was a little light since he was going to a woodworking something on Monday and I had the cooking class at the Y.  No plan for dinner.  Luckily I cooked Sunday and we had leftovers.  Tuesday is always whatever day for me, but there he was, not going to his meeting.  I foraged in the freezer and fridge and found shredded beef, tortillas, cheese, sour cream, salsa and corn.  Dinner. 

Tonight I had a meeting and it was again forage for yourself.  Except I got an email that said the meeting is next week.  I called and checked and it is next week.  Luckily I cooked for a client today and made sausage quiche.  I have some leftover sausage from that, mushrooms, I have cheese, we're having quiche! 

Yesterday was cookie day.  I needed about 10 dozen cookies to take tomorrow to the library performer's meeting.  I made Monster Cookies because the recipe makes a lot.  An awful lot, I got about 15 dozen.  But they are very good!

Monster Cookies from Penzey's Spices

12 large eggs
1 pound butter, at room temperature
2 pounds brown sugar
4 cups sugar
1/4 cup vanilla extract
3 pounds crunchy peanut butter
8 teaspoons baking soda
18 cups quick oats (a 42 ounce drum plus 3 more cups)
1 pound chocolate chips
1 pound M&Ms

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl ( a really large bowl - we had a 13 quart stainless steel bowl that worked fine), cream together eggs, butter, sugars and vanilla.
   
3. Mix in the other ingredients by hand to form a stiff dough.  Make sure the oats are the quick cooking variety, as they make the cookies fluffier than regular oats.
   
4. Bake teaspoons full of dough on a greased cookie sheet for about 10 minutes. 
   
5. Yield: an enormous number of cookies. 
   

I used parchment paper on my cookie sheets and I used a cookie scoop so mine were a little bigger and took about 12 minutes.  My bowl was almost too small.