Construction Disruption

This is what sat just outside the window of my study this morning....

...and this is what the inside of our bathroom looked like this afternoon.  Can you tell we are remodeling?  It is going to be great when it is finished, but until then we have pounding, and drop cloths, and dust, and dirt, and disruption.  

It seemed to me like a good day to try a new recipe...

So I did.

The perfect blend of two favorites, shortbread and chocolate chip cookies:

Mini Morsel Shortbread Cookies                                

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

¾ cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla

2 ¼ cup flour

1 – 12 oz. pkg. (2 cups) semisweet chocolate chips, divided

Preheat oven to 350. In large mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar until creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips. Spread batter into ungreased 13 x 9” baking pan.

Bake 30-35 minutes, just until top begins to brown. Immediately sprinkle remaining 1 cup chocolate chips over top.

Let stand 5 minutes or until morsels become shiny and soft; spread chocolate over top. Cool 10 minutes. While still warm cut into 1 ¼” squares. Cool completely.  Makes about 3 dozen.

Try one!