To occupy you, while I run around the country with my 18-wheelin’ driving husband – yes, I’m inside the rig with him – here are some cookies I tested before hitting the highways. Reports soon about being on the road as a trucker’s vegan wife. But first, dessert!

Zesty Lime Coconut Wedding Cookies

Texture: soft and moist, but crumbly enough that you might take some heat for it
Taste: lime and coconut play perfectly well together
Rating: 3.5 dough balls

Crispy Pinwheels

Texture: crispy and crunchy
Taste: like carmalized sugar with an ever-so-slight chocolate taste
Rating: 4 dough balls

Almond Ladies Kisses

Texture: soft, but expected crunchy
Taste: overpowered by almond extract, couldn’t taste the chocolate
Rating: 2 dough balls

Ba-jeezum! I did a ton of birthday baking from mid-June ’til now. From the Severed Unicorn Head Superstore birthday cuppers (post below) to all the human birthdays, I may as well have climbed into the oven myself, just like Hansel and Gretel. Luckily, for all involved, I kept my oven playtime to me staying on the outside.

“Thin Mint” Cookies

Sugar-Crusted Shortbread Cookies

Lime-Coconut Cupcakes

Tiramisu Cupcakes

Thanks to the cookie testing I’m doing, I had some pretty gourmet-looking cookies to give away. Cookie tray worthy. I had some damn tasty cupcakes in there, too. The Tiramisu cuppers ended up kind of ugly, but boy, did they taste like a little bit of paradise. Too bad I have to help eat some of those. You know, before they “go”.

Iced Fudge Brownie Cookies

Yippee, I have the best after-work job ever! I get to test cookie recipes for Garrick and Kelly. COOKIES! I’m downright gleeful with this gig. Anyway, what you see above is part of the first batch I tested for them. As you might guess, my friends and I didn’t last long with the finished product; we give these babies, 5 big, giant, dough balls!

Texture: soft, moist, crumble-free, ever-so-slight crunch on the exterior

Taste: rich, chocolate, brownie-like

Rating: 5 dough balls