I bought hamburger buns, but there was no way I was going to eat enough hamburgers to get through the whole bag before it got moldy, so I turned the leftovers into this. According to the recipe book it's bread pudding (minus the raisins, which I hate). I have no idea what bread pudding is supposed to be like, but this tastes a bit like French toast, only with (in my opinion) less work involved.

Takeaways from the first and second baking sheets worth of cookies:

- "Cut rectangle into 1/8-inch slices." I want to ask whoever wrote this recipe to make it and then show me how they accomplished this, because when I tried to cut the dough it crumbled into irregular chunks and powder. I opted to treat them like those shortbread cookies I made years ago: I gathered the chunks and powder up and pressed them into a simple cookie cutter with a spoon. (ETA: And it turns out that this entire issue was probably because I misread the first step, multiple times, and added the flour too soon. Ugh.)

- The first batch (the pictured cookies) went into for 5 minutes because my oven normally burns stuff if I use even the minimum amount of time on a recipe. The second batch went in for 7 minutes and was only slightly darker and not much sturdier. I'm going to try 8 minutes with the next batch.

- The recipe really means it when it says you need to wait 1-2 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. They're not solid at all when they come out of the oven. They're not even all that sturdy after 2 minutes. I transferred them very carefully.

- I've used half the dough so far and got 22 cookies. I used a round cookie cutter, maybe 1.5 inches in diameter. Some cookies came out of the oven as perfect circles and some just went blorp.

- They're tasty. Like chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate - not surprising considering the ingredients.

I've made refrigerator cookies before using a recipe from an ancient Betty Crocker cookbook. They were relatively easy (in the opinion of someone who hates baking cookies) and cut beautifully. These were not at all like those cookies. I managed to make them work, but I don't think I'll be making them again in the future. They may be tasty, but not enough to make up for their annoying dough.

ETA: And Lora just helped me see where I messed this one up - I added the flour too soon. ::sigh::

That's the face of a happy cat who, although she doesn't realize it, is not going to be force fed tonight. She's eaten a little more than half of the food I put out today (more than she ate on Sunday, her best day in the past week), she's been more active, and she hasn't thrown up anything. I'm going to resist the urge to give her baby food for the next few days and see what her weight is like later this week. Thanks to everyone who put up with me freaking out. I've gone from "OMG she's dying" to "I think things might be okay, maybe."

Here's a picture of the little library invader. Unfortunately, it's starting to look like her new home is not going to work out due to the person's allergies and asthma, so Plan B (another librarian) is being lined up. Crossing my fingers!

I had the day off. I spent hours waiting for my car to get checked over and nearly finished reading Champion of the Rose. After that, I went shopping. I rarely wear jewelry, and anything I do wear tends to be fairly unobtrusive. But I saw this and just couldn't pass it by.