ROCK BLOXXX!!!

dudes,
what the eff?
we got a surprise snow day?!
...yeah.
i don't know who thought this sh!t was a good idea,
and i wonder if they had to fill out a requisition form or somethin',
but,
whatever happened, it worked against us,
and now winter is coming down on us pretty flippin' hard...
mmmhmm.
nothing but dangerous roads,
which just happen to be packed from median to breakdown lane
with confused and dangerously timid out-of-state vacationers,
crawling and slipping along on the ice...
shoutouts to long holiday weekends,
and the insistent inebriation that has become compulsory for it's enjoyment....
i mean,
not for us, because we know better than that.
it's okay NOT to drink.
in fact, it's preferred.
and so we'll be here,
safe and sound, if not warm, in the Folk Life & Liberty Fortress,
for the lion's share of the weekend,
counting down the end of days, before the beginning of days restarts the clock.
meanwhile,
as the wind whips,
and the skies empty their crystalline tears onto every slickened surface nearby,
we're gonna need some new hottness to carry the day.
on the ones,
we don't indulge in becoming uninhibited parodies of our worst selves,
but we DO overindulge in sugary-sweet baked greatness.
that's real.
no booze, no tourists, no icy trekking,
but instead,
ALLL the cookies.
and what cookies are better than the legendary albie-style ROCK BLOXXX?!?!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOORD.
my contribution to all that's good in the world,
right here, as usual, at the end of the calendar:

THAT'S. THAT. GOOD. GOOD.
if you've had 'em, then you already know.
if you haven't? you're messing up, neighbors.
these are the TRUTH.
i won't even proselytize any more,
i'll just hit you with a recipe, and dip out.
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PB CHO-CHIP BLOXXX!!
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preheat your oven to 375℉
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in a medium mixing bowl,
cream up:
1 cup sugar (i mixed organic and demerara);
1/2 tsp salt;
2 tsp vanilla;
8T (1 stick) earth balance vegan butter;
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with your spatula, fold in:
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce;
3/4 cup natural creamy peanut butter;
1/3 cup ground unsweetened dry coconut;
1/2 cup coarse oat flour (fresh ground if you've got it like that)-
next add:
2 1/4 cups flour;
1 tsp bakey powder;
1 tsp bakey soda;
1+ cups mini vegan chocolate chips!!!
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moosh and mash it, roll out little bitty balls, golfish-sized,
and flatten 'em evenly on a couple of baking trays-
yep, you're gonna wanna fork-line crisscross those discs.
rules is rules, and they ARE peanut butter....
bake those bad babies for 13 minutes,
and let 'em cool on a wire rack.
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YOU NEED THESE FOR REALSIES.
and as i said, i observe the rules, which clearly state:
too much is the right amount.
hence the white chocolate drizzles at the finish line.
obvi.
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there you go.
make 'em,
love em,
eat 'em.
and i promised no more preaching, so i'm out;
never quiet, never soft.....