National Cookie Day

When I woke up this morning, I did not realize what a special day it is. Luckily, my good friend Brittany let me know immediately that today is National Cookie Day, and she wondered what I was going to do about it. I actually thought she was making up some bogus holiday just to get food but I Googled it and sure enough, it's an actual holiday, albeit a weak one. Regardless, I celebrated National Cookie Day by baking some of my favorite cookies for Brittany and her co-workers, who are also good friends of mine. I made two of Brittany's favorites, chocolate chip and sugar cookies, then threw in one of John's favorites: The Zebra Cookie. I'm including the recipe for that one below. Happy National Cookie Day!

Chocolate "Zebra" Cookies

Ingredients:
4 oz unsweetened Hershey's baking chocolate
2 cups super fine Bakers sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup light olive oil
4 eggs
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

In a metal bowl, melt the chocolate over boiling water and let cool slightly. Add the sugar, olive oil and vanilla, mix well. Add eggs, flour, baking powder and salt until everything is incorporated. Chill mixture for about an hour. After the dough is pretty solid, roll it into 1 inch balls and drop the dough balls into the powdered sugar, place 12 powdered balls on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Bake for about 12 minutes at 350 degrees and then cool on a wire rack. Enjoy your zebra cookies and share some with a friend.