I will freeze MOST (not all) the cookies! To keep them away from myself...but I am not very sucessful. The Monster Cookies are so good. Haven't made them for years, since my kids were small. This is a smaller version of the recipe...the ones I used to make called for ungodly huge amounts and made millions of cookies! LOL I think recipe was like 18 cups of oatmeal. Pound of butter, I dunno how many large bags of M&M's and chocolate chips. Monster Cookies INGREDIENTS (Nutrition) a.. 3 eggs b.. 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar c.. 1 cup white sugar d.. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract e.. 1 teaspoon corn syrup f.. 2 teaspoons baking soda g.. 1/2 cup butter h.. 1 1/2 cups peanut butter i.. 4 1/2 cups rolled oats j.. 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips k.. 1 cup candy-coated milk chocolate pieces DIRECTIONS 1.. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 2.. In a very large bowl, beat the eggs. 3.. Add the remaining ingredients in order, mixing well. 4.. Use an ice cream scoop to put on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes.

It was funny..sort of. Most of my cookies have butter in them (apart from meringues) so donÂt stick anyway, and I donÂt care about washing the cookie sheets. (You have to wash the bowls and beaters and everything, so whatÂs a few sheets?) So the only reason I thought I could use the parchment was to be able to slide the delicate spritz off the sheets and onto my flat countertop to cool. Once they are cool they are easy enough to pick up without crumbling. I sprinkled the sheets with water and put the parchment over that, and thought that would give it enough tack. I realized when I pressed the first cookie that it was not going to work. Normally the dough sticks to the metal sheet, you pull up the press and the cookie is on the sheet. But with the parchment, instead when I pulled up the press the parchment just came up. I put a weight on the end and then it just slid around for the second cookie. I thought of taping the sheet down and then removing the tape before putting it in the oven. But with the clock ticking away on the 23rd and many batches to go, I just abandoned the idea and did it the old way. If the parchment were glued down I assume I could not slide the sheet off to cool the cookies on the countertop. But I think the slickness of the parchment, even if it is glued down with something, will not work for cookie press recipes, or any cookie that needs adhesion to the cookie sheet to get it to work. I mention this in case someone in the future is thinking about using parchment for this purpose.

I prefer rimless, shiny aluminum pans for cookies (I use almost 30-year old Rema Bakeware insulated pans - invented by a friend of mine, Margaret Logan). I use rimmed pans (insulated and non-insulated) for many other things, but not cookies. In fact, I have 3 different sizes of each of these pans to accommodate different uses and recipes. Avoid extremely thin pans because they seem to be the #1 reason for burned cookie bottoms and under-baked tops. Tip: if you already have thin pans, you can put 2 sheets together (one on top of the other and only bake on the top sheet) for added insulation if you tend to get burned cookie bottoms. Dark nonstick pans (such as Wearever) are also popular, but not without some changes to your finished cookies. Cookies baked on dark nonstick pans can be smaller than those baked on shiny aluminum. The cookie may be more rounded, tops and bottoms more browned - especially the bottoms. Bottoms of cookies may also be harder than using shiny aluminum pans. I've judged so many cookies at fairs over the years, I can tell you which kind of pan was used for baking. To me, there IS a huge amount of difference. Black surfaced pans bake faster because the dark color absorbs heat. The diameter of the cookies may be smaller and the cookie shape be more rounded. Choose cookie sheets that are at least 2-inches narrower and shorter than the inside dimensions of the oven, so the heat will circulate around them. I also suggest having at least 3 identical sheets (4 is even better - especially if you have a convection oven and bake more than one sheet of cookies at a time) , so you always have a cool sheet to load, and all the sheets will bake the same since they are the same. I nearly always line my pans with parchment paper, if for no other reason it makes clean-up so simple. There are a few cookies that are best baked on the sheet without parchment. I bought a lifetime supply of parchment paper from a restaurant supply store, and I cut each sheet in half for my pans. I reuse it for one baking session or day of baking, especially when making cookies. Otherwise, it gets tossed into the trash when I done with a baking session. -Grainlady

@foodonastump, I think you‘re right. This dish with crusty bread is sufficient. If you’re feeling the need for more veggies, a salad would be good. Also, if you have soup plates or pasta bowls, use them. There is a good amount of broth. If you use the 5 oz fillet as called for, it will be a small-ish meal. I think you could easily use a larger piece of fish and maybe 1.5x all the other ingredients. Just adjust your cooking time to account for the larger piece of fish. Although I made this exactly as written yesterday, when I made it earlier in the week for DH and me, I did it a little differently. I liked the results of my first run better. I used frozen minced garlic. I used dried thyme. I omitted the lemons*. I used grape tomatoes cut in half, figuring one grape tomato = I slice. I mixed the beans as called for but added all the garlic, all the thyme, and, by mistake, all the liquids except the wine. When I finished layering, I realized I had mixed all the oil in with the beans. So, I poured a bit more oil over the fish and then the wine. I think my adjustments resulted in more garlic, more thyme, and certainly, more oil (maybe 1 tsp) than the as-written recipe. Let us know what you do and how it works out for you! *I omitted the lemons because mine had gone past the “best by” stage and were in the “must wash crisper drawer” stage. YUK! Yesterday, when I used lemons as directed, I could not tell that they added anything to the dish. Maybe a squeeze of fresh lemon before eating would be good.