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cookie friday, neighbors.
that's what's up.
today is the day, and cookies are what's poppin'.
really.
gluten free goodness has been my pet project for a little bit...
flour is rad, y'all.
like, wheat is my homeboy, so hard.
and it's almost an effortless act to bake something molto dope when you use it.
which is why i've been trying to activate some new hottness without it.
yuuuuup.
but,
why do i have to pick the harder way?
because i want to make it look easy.
duh.
i'm trying to let the wrenches work for me, and not against me, so to speak.
i want to make vegan treats that taste better than non-vegan ones,
and i want to make gluten-free jauns that taste every bit as expert 
as all the wheaty winners i've wrought these past few years.
mmmmhmmmm.
so,
with my oat flour, and my stone-ground brown rice,
plus a pinch of that questionable xantham binder,
i got right down to it.
check the results-type teleport:

wooohooooooooo.
i split the dough, obviously.
(what you may not know is that this is also half of an even bigger batch)
one side got vanilla beans,
the other, cocoa, chocolate, and ground up, dried-out crumbled up coffee dust.
ha.
and then it's all just slapped together and chopped into slices?
word up.
i'm sayin'-
mocha is delicious, duders.
that's a thing,
and when there's mocha, and vanilla, and it's all cookie?
that's some boomfire right there.
which means we need MORE.
rules is rules.
therefore,
there's also that dip of dark chocolaty ganache on the tips.
chocolate is good for you.
and then, when they had that gooey, gluey somethin' extra in place,
that got rolled in those summery sweet rainbow magic sprankles.
c'mon.
they've gotta get rad if they're gonna be rad;
but,
they need to also have molto flavor for your eyes all up on the outside, too.
we can all agree that more is better, right?
i hope so.
i just like having a lot going on.
simplicity is great, if you're simple,
but i like my treats to reflect my true self...
labor intensive and fancy, if somewhat of an unnecessary indulgence.
awwwwwww, man.
it's cool, kids.
i've got cookies to keep me company while i contemplate my next move.
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here we are, again.
it's friday, already, again.
i've got a day of all-day appointment skulls and that,
and i'm already thinking about what's for dinner,
because that's be due before i realize where the day has gone off to-
dang, duders.
the time gets away from me,
and it's got an uncannily sick sixth sense for evasion.
i can't find any extra time,
and i've got so much i want to get into.
i guess i need less sleep?
that's probably it.
it's all really happening,
and i don't want to miss out;
never quiet, never soft.....