Pineapple Pecan Cookies

How is it possible that this is my last cookie ?? I have been thinking all day about how to start. It seems simple enough...get out the ingredients, mix em up, and bake. I found it was not happening for me. I put on my pearls and apron and decided to get started. When I went to get out my butter for softening I realized someone in my house put an empty butter carton back in the fridge. I called Angela to borrow, rather than make a trip to the store. (on a side note I have gone through at least 8#'s of butter since this has started....that's a lot.) Once I was back home after a bit of chatting, I started assembling my ingredients. Everything was going smoothly until I hit a minor snafu. The recipe did not say when to add the pecan pieces, I looked at the picture and it looked like the nuts were in the batter so I added them at the end (hope this was correct) and chilled my dough. I could not find pineapple filling at the store I was at so I opted to make my own filling. Piece of cake (or cookie if you prefer). I opted not to put the coconut on because I do not care for coconut, so a little deviation on my part. The cookie is delicious. I love the cherry, pineapple, and nuts all combined.

When this all began it was hard to see what we would gain from this experience (Well the extra pounds were easy to imagine, did I mention 8 pounds of butter?) First off I can honestly say I probably would have never pulled out the cookbook except to show it off to friends. I began this endeavor as a non-baker and can now happily say that I am a baker and not afraid to try anything new (in the baking department that is.) I want to thank Mom and Theresa once again for all of the love and time you guys have put into our cookies over the years.

I knew before this that I had amazing friends. After this is proves just how amazing. All of our guest bakers just jumped right in and helped out if we needed a hand. Thank you. My Julia friends are wonderful women, mothers, and wives . No matter what any of us had going on ( you can tell from our posts that there was a bit) we never dropped the ball on one another. The fact that we made this commitment to each other and stuck it out shows the true meaning of friends. I feel so blessed to have such great gals in my life, and can't wait to see what Phoebe cooks up for us next. Thanks for taking the time to enjoy this with us and I hope everyone had as an amusing time as us reading our experiences.

One more thing as Cameron and I were delivering cookies for the last time he came up with what he thinks is an awesome idea..........we should change the rotation and go through the cookbook one more time!!! What do you think Shelly??

Danielle G signing off and thinking how much I am going to miss cookie visits :( Thanks again friends.