Baking and all that Fat(d)

I was in a baking frenzy about a week ago. Which was a real bummer as I was in the midst of my TMC. Well, after three nights of straight baking ( with real butter no less, I honestly just cannot agree to baking with margarine...what's the point of baking if you can;t smell all buttery and yummy?), I gave in to a stick of spicy breadstick. Talk about losing your willpower. I guess if you are a foodie, food addict,comfort eater like I am, it's understandable - we have no will power. I need to simply pinch the side of my waist to know how true this is.

But....

being at that age, and all this pressure to look good.... I can't simply give up, just because I've decided to go all baking crazy. Hence, trying another route - or another diet. (although I really hate the negative connotation that word 'diet' has these days) What I mean is simply watching what goes in my mouth and when. When I did ATKINS at the height of its popularity a few years back, I kind of agreed about the excess carbs causing all those extra baggage below my waist. So....watching my carbs again. That's it. Just watching my carbs and not eating cookies even when I'm tempted for a midnight snack while writing.

Guh. Such a storybook typo, I am.

But back to baking.

I'm determined to make Famous Amos -like - cookies. I miss these sinful stuff. Honestly, I've tried so many brands on the shelf puporting to sell the best choc ship cookies out there, but I have not found one that can match these mouth watering, chip my tooth why-don't you but so good dunked in milk ( or coffee) cookies.
Pretty happy to find out that my first batch ( baked till 11pm can you believe..) yielded similar texture but sadly it was missing the smell. So once I get my next dose of moolah end of the month, will be baking another batch, hopefully using real Irish butter this time. Is it just me or has anyone else noticed how some butter sold at supermarketsseem to be lacking that buttery smell as well? ( like those GM flowers  you get at high end supermarket like Woolies here in SA - pretty, long lasting ( expensive!) but might as well be fake because they don't secrete any perfume at all).

I think the secret to the cookies are......