Another bites the dust...

...and another, and another, and another one bites the dust... Okay, I'll quit singing now.

I have a WONDERFUL chocolate chip cookie recipe that has a tendency to KILL hand mixer. Yes, that's right, another hand mixer bit the dust thanks to Aunt Joan's famous chocolate chip cookie recipe. This is the second one I've killed in my not quite four years of marriage (and I'm pretty sure I killed one or two of my mom's prior to that), and I only make the cookies OCCASIONALLY (literally, less than five times a year, usually).

I'm pretty sure the only reason I haven't killed more hand mixers with this recipe is because I usually only make a half batch (the recipe I have makes a TON), so it's not quite so stressful for the mixer.

Today's batch was actually going quite well - Jenny was "helping" me for the first time (I don't usually let her in the kitchen while I'm baking/cooking in order to avoid big messes). I pulled the bowl down so she could see what I was doing as I mixed in the seventh cup of flour (yes - the recipe calls for 7 cups of flour - and I usually tweak it slightly and add a little more!), and as I did, I saw a spark fly from my mixer just before it shut off.

I was hoping it only overheated, but it's dead. BOOO!! I guess I'll have to use the money my grandparents sent me for my birthday (on Saturday!!) to buy myself a new hand mixer. I'm pretty sure they bought me the last two, too (thanks to past Christmases and birthdays and wedding showers).

Thanks, GCs, for my new mixer!! :) I'll try to give it a nice LONG life this time!