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Shopping Therapy or Baking Therapy

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These are two types of therapy I love. I will be the first to admit the shopping therapy rarely happens though … you know this whole life on a budget thing plus a job and family that keeps me busy. Baking Therapy on the other hand, I seem to find time for that. Some times it is after the kids go to bed and I bake just for the sake of baking. That is tonight. I printed out two recipes and didn’t have the ingredients for them. I search through my Pinterest Cakes Board and couldn’t find a recipe I wanted to make that I had the ingredients for there either.  I needed to bake so I kept looking and ended up on my Pinterest Cookie Board. I found the recipe for Skillet Baked Candy Bar Stuffed Double Cookie so I used that for my inspiration.  don’t need to eat the cookies … sure I will eat one or two but the baking is the therapy not the eating for me. I think it is the measuring and mixing and creating that I love. So …. Ta-Da …

Cookie Surprise Sundae

 

OK I was ready to take the picture and Brian (This Cookin’ Dad took over and styled that picture. What do you think?)

Want to make your own Cookie Surprise Sundae?

I totally cheated.

Ingredients

2 rolls of Sugar Cookie dough

1/2 roll of Chocolate Chip Cookie dough (or use the full thing!)

approximately 12 piece of candy (we used Reese cups, Twix, Snickers, Kit Kat bars that were left over from gosh knows what candy collecting event the kids attended … the Christmas parade maybe?)

Directions

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray your cast iron skillet with a cooking spray. Press one package of sugar dough into the skillet. Place candies on top and add the chocolate chip cookie dough to the middle of the candies. Cover the top with sugar cookie dough. Bake for 35-45 minutes. I baked it for 35 minutes and it is gooey so if you like gooey for the lesser time!

Flip it out of the skillet onto a cutting board. Cut into pieces with a pizza cutter. Top with ice cream and chocolate syrup. Enjoy!

I don’t need to eat the cookies … sure I will eat one or two but the baking is the therapy not the eating for me. I think it is the measuring and mixing and creating that I love. Well, I don’t even need to measure or mix apparently. I can just create and be happy but apparently I need to go shopping so that I can make those recipes I printed out today!

How about you? Do you like shopping therapy or baking therapy? Well you can either go shop for shoes or go buy baking supplies because Cosmetic Surgery Center of Maryland is offering one of our readers a $50 Visa gift card.  Good luck in the giveaway!

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Comments

  7. baking b/c shopping just stresses me out. once you’re done baking…you enjoy the taste. After shopping, you have to pay the bills

  16. Baking therepy, it is much more economical and lasts longer…especially on my hips! 🙂 Thank you.

  20. shopping therapy and by that I mean the Goodwill, I buy all my clothes there, so cheap and great finds!

  44. Typically, baking therapy. But I haven’t been able to go shopping not even to look in like a year, so right now it would be shopping!!

  45. Shopping because baking therapy also goes with eating therapy and my thighs can’t afford that!

  70. Shopping therapy. It doesn’t even have to be a major purchase: sometimes a new bottle of nail polish or a magazine works.

  104. Eating! lol I’m not a shopper or a baker, but if I had to choose, I’d go for baking 🙂 Then I can eat it! 🙂

  106. Shopping Therapy is more enjoyable but Baking Therapy is more affordable so it depends on time and money!

  111. I do the shopping at a place where I can buy someone elses baking. Make my day, Please and I’ll be off

  113. I prefer baking therapy. I hate to shop but I love to cook. Turn the radio on and cook up a storm.

  136. I love baking as long as I can give the food away to friends before I can eat it all.

  166. I’m kind of a rarity…I SO dislike shopping of any kind except car shopping. I do LOVE baking!

  188. Shopping therapy! I love poking around a thrift store. It always puts me in a great mood!

  192. Definitely the shopping — I try to avoid emotional eating and would much rather drop a few dollars than gain a few pounds!

  202. Uhhhhhhh. Lol. I’d like to enter this giveaway, so baking. Though I’d much rather shop for a donut 🙂

  206. Friends, what “friends”? Considering how you treat people it’s a wonder you have any

  231. hm. that is a very good question….i would have to say shopping therapy. both of these leave me either broke or bloated….so there ya go :0

  233. I would definitely have to say baking therapy. It’s tastier and cheaper.

  236. I would rather go “baking” anyday that I may be stressed. Baking can cure just about anything! LOL

  238. my goodness that cookie looks good, i have to go to the gym after just looking at it! lol

  247. Now that I have gotten older baking for sure. Once in a while a good shopping trip is in order

  250. For me it depends on what kind of therapy I’m needing – if I’m stressed I want to shop, but if I’m angry I’m gonna bake and clean and everyone should just stay out of the way…lol

  254. I much prefer shopping therapy, although baking therapy can be nice at times as well… especially when it involves lots of chocolate-y goodness!

  267. Baking, it’s more fun to bake and eat the goodies than shopping and spending money.

  279. I LOVE to shop, but rarely have any money…so baking therapy is much better for me

  289. Shopping therapy. Ross for clothes. For the home estate sales or Tuesdaay Morning or Pier 1 are all fun.

  299. baking who can resist the smell of fresh chocolate chips cookies or an apple pie the smell alone will calm my nerves

  312. oh my, you want me to choose between the two? It all depends on my mood- but the baking thing is such a comfort. When I don’t want to face the world- the crowds and stores – baking works for these times.

  331. I love to shop, just never seem to have any money to do some shopping therapy!

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