I wish she'd come back and tell us herself.
I've since perfected my chocolate chip cookie recipe. I found out that the butter was the culprit all along. Note to self... Stop microwaving butter and adding it HOT to the mixture. Now I take it out a half hour beforehand, nuke it for 1 minute, and then let it sit uncovered for 30 minutes.
I also add hazelnuts to my chocolate chip cookies and mix both semi sweet chips and milk chocolate chips. I've since perfected:
Scones (Prof can attest, he's got the recipe now too)
Cranberry Almond Biscotti
Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
Tiramisu
Chocolate chip hazelnut cookies
Chocolate crinkle cookies
I've become quite the little baker. I'm making chocolate crinkle cookies tonight for Rusty's coworkers. They love me.