inspired to bake

Arrived home from unexpectedly short teaching evening. After eating leftovers from Monday's cooking endeavors and finishing bottle of wine I was inspired to make a filthy martini which, for you non-martini connoisseurs, is a vodka martini with olive brine and blue cheese stuffed olives. Side note: while on vacation I had one of these puppies at least once a day. They are an acquired taste, but nevertheless addictive. A few olives into the martini I was overcome with a desire to bake and thus attempted a new recipe from cookbook mom gave me for Christmas: "Any Bitch Can Cook". Yes, my mother, the church secretary, actually gave me this book! Made most wonderful cake batter cookies but discovered recipe was not nearly large enough to feed entire office (as if I'm going to let those tasty suckers sit around my house where they can adhere to my womanly hips!). Being without more cake batter I opted to make a full recipe of chocolate chip cookies, which turned out beautifully, but took forever to cook. Additionally, wave of work/martini induced fatigue was not helpful in kitchen clean up. The lesson? Resist urges to bake late into the night after having olives and martini. The reward? Co-workers think I am Martha F'ing Stewart!

Cake batter Cookie Recipe:

one box cake mix (your pick)
1/2 cup cooking oil
2 eggs
1 cup of your choice: coconut, nuts, chocolate chips, etc.

Mix all ingredients well. Drop by tablespoon onto cookies sheet and bake 8-10 minutes at 425.
(I found that 10 minutes was not quite long enough as middles were slightly undercooked. However, as one who often makes cookies and never bakes them, this was perfectly suited to my tastes).