Old Blog Archive: Wookiee Cookiee Crumbs

This blog entry was originally posted on my now defunct Star Wars.com blog. I am now archiving it for posterity in my new, improved, and free blog.

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Adoption Rounds #1

I decided to adopt Ghent, the slicer. He's not as obscure as some, but I just think it would be awesome to be someone who can slice top Imperial codes to warm up!

Other adoptions:

ARCtrooper46: Nien Numb
jaggedgarak: Jagged Fel and/or Kir Kanos
nob01: GONK power droid
Darth_Chick: Corde

Misc Rambling #1

Everyone has their favorite Star Wars character - Han, Leia, Luke, Chewie... it goes down the list of the most popular characters. What about those that are left out? In honor of them, I am proposing the Favorite Star Wars Character Adoption Crusade. Please email me (using the Contact Blogger link to the left) and tell me which obscure character you are adopting as your favorite. I will keep a running list here. Please do not post comments with your adoption - just email them and I will post!


Recipe #1 - Wookiee Cookiees
This is my favorite Chocolate Chip cookie recipe, renamed because of their size. Be sure to use BUTTER, not margarine, if at all possible, they are much better. Sorry to all you metric-measuring people out there - I'm a true American (Translation: Metric? What Metric?).

2-1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1/2 Teaspoon salt
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
3/4 cup unsalted Butter (1-1/2 sticks)
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 Eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
10 ounces semi-sweet or Dark Chocolate
2/3 cup walnuts or pecans, whole or halved (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
3. In a microwave safe bowl, melt the butter. Let cool slightly.
4. Whisk together butter and both sugars. Whisk in eggs, one at a time, then vanilla.
5. Using wooden spoon, stir in flour mixture.
6. Stir in chocolate and nuts. Batter should not be too stiff.
7. Put 1/4 cup dough for each cookie on cookie sheet.
8. Bake for 12-17 minutes, or until slightly browned; The cookies will look underdone.
9. Cool on cookie sheet, so the cookies stay soft and chewy. Store in airtight container up to 7 days. Reheat cookies before serving: at least 15 seconds for the first cookie, and 5-10 seconds for each additional cookie.

Makes 12-18 cookies.