I started out with my family's recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. However, before adding the chocolate chips, I divided the dough in half so I would have some "chipless" dough.
My candy of choice for this trial
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These are to die for good...better even than Reese's. They almost have the consistency of a peanut butter truffle...yum.
I scooped some of the plain, not yet chilled cookie dough into a spoon...
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Formed the dough up around the PB cup,
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added a little more dough on top, and molded it into a ball.
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I chilled the dough for a couple of hours, and then I had to bake a couple to see how they turned out...
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They baked exactly how they were supposed to....
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These were AMAZING when they were warm and melty, and still really good after they'd cooled. They were a hit with most the people at the party (my own kids informed me they prefer the regular chocolate chip cookies).
I would definitely make these again...and can envision all kinds of candy combinations that sound yummy....
As for my training updates, I've had a good month. I exceeded my January goal of 9 miles each week actually running at least 10 miles every week but 1. On advice from some of the runners I work with, I did cut my mileage back just a little one week in January and only did 7 miles. I didn't want to do too much too fast and risk getting re-injured.
February has been good so far. I've increased my mileage, and every week I'm running about 12 miles. The week I was sick I only got in 10.6, but considering the stomach flu took me out for 3 days, I felt glad I could run again.
I took a day to "cross train" and went skiing at Snowbasin...even by myself, I had a wonderful day...
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With a morning like this, I was pumped for a beautiful ski day...
(in my super cute new hat)
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See that cloud behind me?
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It settled over the top of Strawberry, which is my very favorite place to ski in the mornings. Visibility was almost nonexisitent until about 1/2 way down, and not being able to see what I'm skiing on makes me really nervous, so I spent most the day on various runs accessible from the Needles lift.
(I had to change to my goggles because of the intermittent cloud cover)...
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I had a fabulous day, and my run the next morning, the first with my new Garmin 405, was amazing. I am quickly becoming addicted to information on distance and pace that it gives me. It makes it easier for me to push harder, because I can see that I'm going faster. When I ran yesterday, I had a goal to run less than 12 minute miles, and with the Garmin on my wrist, it was easy to see when I was slacking and give myself a push.
I'm feeling really good about my training, and considering setting a pretty major goal for June...
