A Yummy Mistake... and Happy Weekend!

Yesterday afternoon I decided I wanted to make snickerdoodle cookies. I have never made snickerdoodles and I'm not sure why I even thought of them! But gooey, cinnamon cookies... yes please! I had most of the ingredients that the recipe called for, except for cream of tartar. So I googled again and found a recipe that didn't call for my missing ingredient! I'm not the best at following directions... I tend to skip a step or something and then regret it when I read that it is important to cream the butter and sugar first. Well this is what happened whilst making the cookies... I really just started dumping all of the ingredients in the bowl and then realized there was a certain order of operations to achieve delicious cookies :/ I also didn't want to wait for my butter to reach room temperature, so I stuck it in the microwave for a few seconds... a few seconds too long unfortunately so it was almost melted a bit too soft. I really wasn't off to a great start with these cookies! Then the real problem occurred when I realized I had halved all of the ingredients except for the eggs. So I had two eggs thrown in the bowl before realizing I only needed one. These cookies were turning into a disaster! I went ahead and mixed the ingredients but found that it was going to be impossible to shape the dough into cookie balls... I had more of a cake like batter. So cake it would be! I poured the batter in a greased 8x9 cake pan, sprinkled the cinnamon sugar on top, and swirled it all together. So I meant to make snickerdoodle cookies... but I ended up making snickerdoodle-ish coffee cake!

It actually turned out pretty yummy! It was even better a few minutes ago with a cup of coffee ;) Z said it tasted like the yummiest thickest cinnamon toast, ha. I guess I'll have to try snickerdoodles again... and actually follow the recipe next time!
On another note, we are really glad it's almost the weekend around here. We're also pretty excited to watch some football tomorrow!! The doorman from Alabama has a Bama t-shirt and hat set out on the front desk today, ha! Gotta love a little roll tide so far from home ;) Have a great weekend friends!