birthday cookie

Today is a very special day,

it's my mom's birthday

she is so pretty

 sweet

thoughtful

 very creative

talented

and

full of love

It is always a challenge having a birthday so close to Christmas,

this year to celebrate her birthday we went to lunch at Pechanga

 will post that soon,

(Pechanga even read my previous review of their restaurant Kelsey's and began following me on twitter)

It was a nice afternoon out just my parents, and the super coupon and me :)

 (kids were in school)

Well since that was days ago, we are now going to surprise her and take her out to dinner today.

I baked her a giant cookie,

why would I bake her a giant cookie of all things?

Believe it or not she has mentioned over and over to me that the

birthday I made her the giant chocolate chip cookie was the best.

Simple enough,

I use the recipe on the Toll House Morsels

place the entire batch of dough in on my baking stone,

form it flat and round.

bake for 20 minutes at 375 degrees

it gets a nice golden brown color

crispier on the outside and softer on the inside

then added some buttercream roses and a birthday wish!

I'm sure she'll be surprised as I saw her yesterday, sang happy birthday to her this morning and didn't mention a thing.