The Way to a Man’s Heart is Through His Stomach

I showed up this morning at my boyfriend’s apartment at 6 am with three dozen pumpkin cookies.  Perhaps I’m not the most naturally domestic girl I know, but every so often I feel inspired.  He’s had to put up with a lot from me lately and I wanted to do something nice and surprising for him to let him know how much I appreciate him.  However, being flat out broke lately left me with only two options – making something or baking something.  Seeing as Halloween is approaching, I thought it timely to make something sweet that he could bring with him to work.  He seemed delighted this morning and it’s just brightened my whole day knowing how happy something so small can make him. 

I’m including the recipe from All Recipes below.  I think they came out tasting pretty good but unfortunately I was a little embarrassed by how they looked.  The consistency of the dough made it really hard to get them into smooth balls before I baked them so they turned out a bit misshapen which made them look even funnier when I iced them.  Perhaps a more seasoned chef would have known how to fix this but Mr. DB didn’t seem to care. 

Now, I have to figure out our Halloween costumes for our big plans this weekend.  So far I’ve narrowed it down to my favorite 2011 sex scandals: Anthony Wiener and pregnant Huma Abedin, Dominque Straus-Kahn and Sofitel maid, Ghadaffi and Ukranian nurse, Schwarzenegger and maid, Silvio Berlusconi and teenage girl…I’ll keep you posted on what we decide.  Enjoy your trick or treat!

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