Batson's Blog

I’m not the best chef – or baker – or cook. The kitchen appliances I use most are the microwave and the toaster. Even then, my meals can turn out kind of sketchy (if you pour the cheese mix on instant macaroni, you’d better mix it right away or else it chunks up). Pumpkin season is officially here though! That’s one of my favorite parts of Fall. Pumpkin pie was always the tastiest part of Thanksgiving. These days you can get just about anything in the flavor of pumpkin spice. Cappuccino, Hershey’s kisses, muffins. You name it, and you can get it. That’s why I had to get the pumpkin spice flavored Betty Crocker cookie mix. I was at the store to buy milk and eggs, but it was pumpkin spice cookie mix, so I didn’t even bother trying to fight it. In the basket it went. The baking directions weren’t too complicated. All I needed was one egg, some water and a stick of butter. Check, check and check. If only making it was as simple as the ingredients. It started off ea...