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I have a friend that doesn’t like chocolate all that much. Despite this fact, she’s a great person. She laughs at my jokes and tells me I’m awesome. If you don’t have a friend like this, I highly recommend acquiring one. Or training one, if none can naturally be found in your habitat. A good, domesticated friend can go a long way to cure three-hour-block-induced guilt spirals and the I’ll-never-be-good-enough blahs. It’s amazing what can happen when you have a person in your life to tell you, “You do great things!” (There’s certainly something to be said about being that person, as well.)

This friend loves Dreamsicle Cookies, so I know if I’m in a confidence slump, I can whip up a batch and take some to her. She gets cookies, I get rave reviews, and both of us are blessed with the warm feelings of service and melting sugar-based confectionery that goes by the misnomer “white chocolate,” though there is actually no chocolate contained therein. Ahem.

These cookies do, in fact, taste just like Dreamsicles, only warm. There has been some debate about the difference between a Dreamsicle and a Creamsicle. After 20 seconds on Google extensive research I’ve discovered that the only difference between the two is that the center of a Dreamsicle consists of ice milk while the center of a Creamsicle is actually cream. These cookies are called Dreamsicle Cookies, no doubt, because any food containing the word “dream” in it trumps any other contenders.

The key ingredients for these cookies are Tang and white “morsels.” While “morsel” is, definition wise, a more appropriate term than “white chocolate chips,” I take issue with the word on the singular and inexplicable reason that it sounds icky to me. Morsel. Why does that sound creepy? I simply don’t like it. White chocolate it is.

As you can see, we are serious about our Tang, buying it in bulk packages at Costco. I console myself about the amount of sugar my children are consuming with the fact that they will one day be great astronauts. Having to get used to Tang before entering zero-g will never be a stumbling block for them.

DREAMSICLE COOKIES

1/2 C Tang drink mix
3/4 C sugar
1 stick butter, softened
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 C flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 C white chocolate chips

Blend together Tang, sugar, butter, egg and vanilla until smooth. Add flour, baking soda and baking powder and blend again. The dough will be a bit dry and crumbly. Finally, mix in the chips.

Bake on an un-greased cookie sheet, pressing dough into a spoon or scoop before dropping. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. DO NOT OVER-BAKE or you’ll end up with Dream-pucks. I usually take mine out well before the 9 minute mark.

These cookies are completely dreamy right out of the oven, and best if consumed within the first 24 hours. Much longer than that and they start to harden and crumble.

Now go out and find someone to praise you for them!

 

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