Today, I just wanted a snickerdoodle ...

... It was Monday. A good day for a good baked product.

A few hours into the afternoon, when I started to get a little bored and thinking I needed some more coffee, I thought about heading out to Main Street to find a good one at some random bakery.

But I've been disappointed by baked goods too many times. Take for example the red velvet cupcake at Starbucks last week. It looked so perfect in the case, the rich red color carefully topped with a nice swirl of frosting...

It sucked. It was stale, like so many once-frozen products. And the frosting wasn't even cream cheese.

I wanted a snickerdoodle so bad and I didn't want to be disappointed. So I decided to make my own.

A quick search of the Food Network web site produced this recipe from Emeril, obviously a winner.

And thanks to the beauty of a well-stocked fridge and cupboard with plenty of basics ... and then some, all I needed to stop and pick up was some Crisco.

For $2.69 - probably the price I would have paid for one crappy cookie at some shi shi bakery - I had dozens of them within an hour of making it home from work.

Now that's what I call a good way to end Monday : )